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MDLIAN 8361
PARA 5 EAST-WEST RELATIONS
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THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED EAST WEST RELATIONS. THEY NOTED, WITH SATISFACTION, SIGNS OF RELAKSATION OF TENSION (DETENTE) IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. THEY VOICED THEIR EKSPECTATION THAT THESE SIGNS SHOULD HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE SOLUTION OF REGIONAL CONFLICTS PARTICULARLY AFGHANI- STAN AND KAMPUCHEA. THE MINISTERS EKSPRESSED THEIR READINESS TO ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO SUCH SOLUTION.
THE PROSPECT OF A START AGREEMENT REDUCING THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF THE UNITED STATES AD THE SOVIET UNION WAS WELCOMED BY THE MINISTERS AS SIGNIFICANT ALSO FOR EUROPE
AND ASIA. THE MINISTERS HAD AN EKS CHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE SECURITY SITUATION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS, IN WHICH THEY HAVE A SHARED IN- TEREST. EACH GROUP OF MINISTERS FOLLOWED THE EKSPLANATIONS OF THE OTHER SIDE WITH APPRECIATION.
THE MINISTERS AGREED THAT IN VIEW OF THE ALARMING PRO- LIFERATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ELIMINATE SUCH WEAPONS ONCE AND FOR ALL. THEY FURTHER AGREED THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS AT THE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ON A CONVENTIΟΝ ΤΟ BAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS WORLDWIDE MUST BE BROUGHT TO A RAPID CONCLUSION. THEY REAFFIRMED THEIR RESOLVE TO SPARE NO EFFORTS TOWARDS REACHING SUCH A GLOBAL AND VERI- FIABLE CONVENTION.
PARA 6 DISARMAMENT, ARMS CONTROL AND RELATED QUESTIONS THE MINISTERS WELCOMED THE INF TREATY AS A MILESTONE, BEING THE FIRST AGREEMENT BY WHICH THE UNITED STATES AND THE SO- VIET UNION HAVE DECIDED TO REDUCE EFFECTIVELY THEIR NUCLEAR ARSENAL S THEY HOPED THAT THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY OTHER AGREEMENTS LEADING TO A GENERAL AND COMPLETE DIS- ARMAMENT WHICH WOULD FREE MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES FOR DEVELOP- MENT PURPOSES.
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THE PROSPECT OF A START AGREEMENT REDUCING THE STRATEG- IC NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF THE U.S. AND THE SOVIET UNION WAS WELCOMED BY MINISTERS AS SIGNIFICANT ALSO FOR EUROPE AND
ASIA.
PARA 7 CAMBODIA BE REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
'PARA 7 KAMPUCHEA
THE MINISTERS HAD A THOROUGH EKSCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE KAMPUCHEAN PROBLEM: THEY REAFFIRMED THEIR BELIEF THAT PEACE AND STABILITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA CAN BE RESTORED ONLY THROUGH THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AND FOREIGN MILITARY OCCUPAT- ION OF KAMPUCHEA. THEY WELCOMED THE INITIATIVES OF PRINCE SIHANOUK IN THE SEARCH FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT OF
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