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	MALAYSIA THREATENS SUMMIT BOYCOTT OVER BURMA BAR
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          Malaysia's Prime Minister Doctor Mahathir Mohammed has
          warned that members of ASEAN may boycott next year's
          Asia-Europe summit if Burma is barred from attending.

          Speaking on the international television news network, CNN,
          Doctor Mahathir was responding to statements by the British
          Foreign Secretary Robin Cook.

          Mr Cook said Burma would not be accepted at next year's
          Asia-Europe meeting in London because of the European
          Union's sanctions against the ruling military junta.

          But Doctor Mahathir, while iterating he was speaking
          personally, said the countries of ASEAN would not be
          dictated to.

	[ABC News, 3 September 1997]

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