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Burma's Mouth Piece in Asean



The Star
Tuesday, September 2, 1997

PM: Asean may shun summit

By Lau Su Lin 

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia would treat any move to discriminate against Myanmar
as a discrimination against the whole of Asean, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir
Mohamad said yesterday. 

He was commenting on British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook's statement in a
meeting of business leaders in Singapore earlier yesterday that Europe's
recent decision to deny visas to senior Myanmar officials made their
inclusion at the Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) in London in April "impossible." 

"They have no right to do so," he said, and added that other Asean
countries might stay away from the summit. 

Cook condemned the Myanmar government for profiting from the drugs trade
and said it would not be admitted to a summit of European and Asian nations
next year. 

Asem is a forum linking the 15 members of the European Union with Japan,
China, South Korea and Asean. 

 Asean admitted Myanmar to its ranks this year, despite heavy Western
criticism of Yangon's record on human rights and its flourishing drugs trade. 


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