Two Senior ASEAN officials will go

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Subject: Two Senior ASEAN officials will go to Burma after Cambodia Visit.


	
	ASEAN EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CAMBODIAN POLITICAL SITUATION
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	     Monday 9 June, 1997 (8:48pm AEST)


          Two senior ASEAN officials have expressed concern about
          the political situation in Cambodia during a visit to Phnom
          Penh to officially inform the Cambodian government that the
          country will be admitted into the regional grouping next
          month.

          ASEAN secretary-general Ajit Singh and Malaysian Foreign
          Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi told senior government
          officials that while ASEAN has concerns about the political
          situation they were not an impediment to full membership.

          Mr Singh and Mr Badawi completed a similar mission to
          Laos last Friday, and travel to Burma tomorrow.

          ASEAN foreign ministers decided last month to admit
          Cambodia, Burma and Laos into the regional grouping on
          July the 23rd despite concerns particularly over Burma's
          human rights record.

	[ABC News, 10 June 97].

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