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Asean to meet on Cambodia's entry



July 8th Business Time
Asean to meet on Cambodia's entry

T
HE Association of South-east Asian Nations is to hold an emergency 
meeting on Saturday to decide whether to "reverse" Cambodia's scheduled 
entry, Philippine Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon said yesterday. 

Mr Siazon said the meeting would bring together Asean senior officials 
"and there is a request for an emergency meeting of foreign ministers". 

He said the meeting, to be chaired by Malaysia, is "to determine whether 
the situation at that time, Saturday, in Cambodia would require a 
reversal of the previous position" to admit Cambodia into Asean. 

Indonesia's Foreign Minister Ali Alatas had earlier in the day called 
for an emergency meeting of Asean to discuss Cambodia. 

Cambodia, with Laos and Myanmar, is due to join the seven-nation Asean 
at the annual ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur this month. 

Meanwhile, Malaysia's Acting Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday 
that Cambodia will join Asean as planned. 

He said "we will negotiate with both the PMs" when asked who Asean would 
negotiate with in Cambodia. "Our concern is peaceful resolution of the 
conflict," said Mr Anwar. -- Reuter, AFP 


"THERE WILL BE NO REAL DEMOCRACY IF WE CAN'T GURANTEE THE RIGHTS OF THE 
MINORITY ETHNIC PEOPLE.  ONLY UNDERSTANDING THEIR SUFFERING AND HELPING 
THEM TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS WILL ASSIST PREVENTING FROM THE 
DISINTEGRATION AND THE SESESSION."  "WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THEIR 
STRENGTH, WE CAN'T TOPPLE THE SLORC AND BURMA WILL NEVER BE IN PEACE."


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