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TO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS
TELNO 172
OF 041345Z MAY 88
EC POSTS,
HANOI
AND TO PRIORITY BANGKOK, JAKARTA, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR AND TO PRIORITY SINGAPORE, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN AND TO PRIORITY UKMIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW, TOKYO AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
HONG KONG FOR GOVERNOR.
PART THREE OF THREE
EC/ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING, DUESSELDORF, 2-3 MAY 1988
WORK BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE JOINT INVESTMENT COMMITTEE SET UP IN EACH OF THE ASEAN CAPITALS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A 'EUROPEAN INVESTMENT CONSULTANT'
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IN THIS CONNECTION, AS PROBLEMS STILL EXISTED INCLUDING THOSE
THE CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, MINISTERS EXPRESSED THEIR WISH TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO FIND THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAYS TO OVERCOME THOSE PROBLEMS.
THEY ALSO NOTED THE STEPS TAKEN TO ESTABLISH A 'PARTNER RESEARCH NETWORK' TO FACILITATE BUSINESS CO-OPERATION AND JOINT VENTURES, THE IMPROVEMENT OF INFORMATION ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ASEAN REGION AND INITIATIVES AIMED AT PROMOTING INCREASED EUROPEAN INVESTMENT. ON THE OCCASION OF THE SUCCESSFUL 3RD MEETING OF THE EC/ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL IN BRUSSELS IN OCTOBER 1987, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE TWO REGIONS WELCOMED THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION OF THESE ACTIVITIES. THE MINISTERS STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE THEY ATTACH TO THE PROMOTION OF EC/ASEAN INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION AND AGREED THAT IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ACCORDED HIGH PRIORITY IN EC/ASEAN COOPERATION. THEY WELCOMED THE RECENTLY INITIATED SURVEY TO IDENTIFY INDUSTRIAL SECTORS, PRODUCT GROUPS AND PROTENTIAL PARTNER COMPANIES SUITABLE FOR ESTABLISHING ASEAN INDUSTRIAL
JOINT VENTURES.
THEY EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE COOPERATION IN THIS FIELD WOULD BE FURTHER INTENSIFIED AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED EUROPEAN INVESTMENT IN THE ASEAN REGION.
18. DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
THE ASEAN MINISTERS EXPRESSED THEIR CONTINUING APPRECIATION FOR THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS, BOTH BILATERALLY AND REGIONALLY, OF
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