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WILL THUS BE BENEFICIAL TO OTHER FIELDS OF ARMS CONTROL. THE

PROSPECT OF A START AGREEMENT REDUCING THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR

WEAPONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION WAS

WELCOMED BY MINISTERS AS SIGNIFICANT ALSO FOR EUROPE AND

ASIA.

THE MINISTERS HAD AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE ECONOMIC

AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE SECURITY SITUATION IN THEIR

RESPECTIVE REGIONS, IN WHICH THEY HAVE A SHARED INTEREST.

EACH GROUP OF MINISTERS FOLLOWED THE EXPLANATIONS OF THE

OTHER SIDE WITH APPRECIATION.

THE MINISTERS AGREED THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS AT THE

GENEVA CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ON A CONVENTION TO BAN

CHEMICAL WEAPONS WORLDWIDE MUST BE RAPIDLY BROUGHT TO A

FULLY SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION. THEY REAFFIRMED THEIR RESOLVE

TO SPARE NO EFFORTS TOWARDS REACHING SUCH A GLOBAL AND

VERIFIABLE CONVENTION. IN VIEW OF THE ALARMING PROLIFERATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ELIMINATE THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL.

7.

CAMBODIA

THE MINISTERS HAD A THOROUGH EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE

CAMBODIAN PROBLEM. THEY REAFFIRMED THEIR BELIEF THAT PEACE

AND STABILITY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA CAN BE RESTORED ONLY

THROUGH THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AND OF FOREIGN MILITARY

OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA. THEY WELCOMED THE INITIATIVES OF

PRINCE SIHANOUK IN THE SEARCH FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT

OF THE PROBLEM. AS THE CAMBODIA CONFLICT IS PRIMARILY A

RESULT OF FOREIGN AGGRESSION AND MILITARY OCCUPATION, THE MINISTERS THEREFORE URGED ALL THOSE CONCERNED TO HELP

ACCELERATE THE SEARCH FOR THE SETTLEMENT AND APPEAL IN

PARTICULAR TO VIETNAM TO JOIN PRINCE SIHANOUK IN THE PEACE

TALKS.

IN

THE MINISTERS REITERATED THEIR RESOLVE TO WORK

ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS WHICH AIM AT RESTORING THE INDEPENDANCE, SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF CAMBODIA WITH NO RETURN TO THE HORRORS OF THE PAST. A DEMOCRATIC, NEUTRAL

AND INDEPENDENT CAMBODIA IS NOT ATTAINABLE WITHOUT THE

WITHDRAWAL OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS UNDER INTERNATIONAL

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