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DIFFUSSION RESTREINTE

PART TWO OF TWO

2. --COMMENTS-

2.1 WITH RESPECT TO PARA 1: AS THE ENTIRE TEKST WAS AL- READY ACCEPTED BY ASEAN, PRESIDENCY WOULD PREFER NOT TO MAKE ANY ALTERATION TO THE PRESENT TEKST (REFERENCE: CPE LIS 63).

2.2 WITH RESPECT TO PARA 2: NO ALTERATIONS, AS WORDING WAS ACCEPTED TEL QUEL BY ASEAN.

2.3 WITH RESPECT TO PARA 3: UPON DANISH REQUEST (CPE' COP 072) PRESIDENCY SUGGESTS A NEW WORDING BASED ON THE FIRST SUBPARA OF THE PREAMBULA OF THE SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT.

PRESIDENCY ADDED AS LAST SUBPARA OF THE DRAFT JOINT DECLARATION ASEAN'S TEKST ON POSITIVE RESULTS OF CONSULTA- TIONS (SEE ASEAN'S COUNTERDRAFT, VERY LAST PASSAGE).

2.4 IN THE PRESIDENCY'S VIEW THE ASEAN SUGGESTION TO INTRODUCE THE PARAGRAPH ON CULTURAL RELATIONS AS NEW PARA

CAN BE ACCEPTED.

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2.5 WITH RESPECT TO NEW PARA 5 IN ASEAN'S COUNTERDRAFT, PARAS 5 AND 6 (EAST-WEST-RELATIONS AND DISARMAMENT) WERE NOT CLEARLY SEPERATED. THE WORDING OF ASEAN'S COUNTER DRAFT IN THE PARA ON EAST-WEST-RELATIONS IS WITHOUT CHANGE TO THE

EPC DRAFT.

WITH RESPECT TO AFGHANISTAN, PRESIDENCY WILL PROPOSE

DRAFT ON MONDAY 18TH APRIL.

IN THE LIGHT OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN AND CAMBODIA, THE FINAL WORDING ON EAST-WEST-RELATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THESE TWO CONFLICTS MAY HAVE TO BE

UPDATED.

2.6 WITH RESPECT TO NEW PARA 6: PRESIDENCY PROPOSES TO DELETE THE ASEAN SUGGESTION IN PHRASE 2 CONCERNING THE LINK BETWEEN DISARMAMENT AND RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT.

WE SHOULD

RATTER STICK TO THE ORIGINAL WORDING OF EPC DRAFT.

IN VIEW OF FRENCH REQUESTS TO AMEND THE LAST SUB-PARA, PRESIDENCY SUGGESTS TO AMEND END OF PHRASE 1 AS FOLLOWS:

'MUST BE BROUGHT TO A RAPID AND SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION. (REF. CPE 'PAR'84)

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