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SUBJECT: DRAFT JOINT DECLARATION 7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL
MEETING, DUESSELDORF, 2 AND 3 MAY 1988
REF. CPE/PRES/BON 346
AT THE REQUEST OF THE PRESIDENCY, THE EPC SECRETARIAT TRANSMITS THE FOLLOWING TEXT AS AGREED BY THE 184TH
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DRAFT JOINT DECLARATION 7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING DUESSELDORF, 2 AND 3 MAY, 1988
1. THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST
ASIAN NATIONS WAS HELD IN DUESSELDORF ON 2 AND 3 MAY 1988. THE MINISTERS HAD A COMPREHENSIVE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SUBJECTS, REVEALING A HIGH LEVEL OF AGREEMENT. THE MEETING CONFIRMED THAT EC AND ASEAN DEVELOPED A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WHICH MATURED INTO AN ENHANCED AND
BROAD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN ALL FIELDS. THE MINISTERS FELT
THAT IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE EC AND A SEAN TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE ELEMENTS OF THEIR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SOLIDARITY. THE LONGSTANDING AND EXCELLENT RELATIONS AMONG THE MINISTERS GAVE REASON FOR CONFIDENCE AS REGARDS THE FUTURE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS OF
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