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DATE=3D2/10/99
TYPE=3DCORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=3D2-245340
TITLE=3DASEAN / EU / BURMA (L ONLY)
BYLINE=3DGARY THOMAS
DATELINE=3DBANGKOK
CONTENT=3D
VOICED AT:=20

INTRO:  SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE=20
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS OVER BURMA ARE THREATENING
TO FORCE THE CANCELLATION OF AN UPCOMING E-U / ASEAN FOREIGN=20
MINISTERS MEETING.  VOA CORRESPONDENT GARY THOMAS REPORTS FROM=20
OUR SOUTHEAST ASIA BUREAU IN BANGKOK.

TEXT:  THE ASEAN  / E-U FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IS IN JEOPARDY=20
OVER A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS OVER BURMA'S=20
PRESENCE IN THE TALKS.

EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS HERE, AS WELL AS THAI OFFICIALS, CONFIRM THAT=20
THE MEETING, SCHEDULED TO BEGIN MARCH 30TH IN BERLIN, IS IN=20
DANGER OF BEING CANCELLED.  THEY SAY THERE ARE OBJECTIONS FROM AT
LEAST THREE EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS ABOUT BURMA'S PRESENCE. =20
EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAY BRITAIN, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN WILL
ONLY ALLOW BURMA AT THE MEETING IF BURMA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD IS
DISCUSSED.  ASEAN SAYS ANY SUCH DISCUSSION IS OFF LIMITS.

BURMA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT HAS COME UNDER SHARP INTERNATIONAL=20
CRITICISM, ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST, FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES,=20
ESPECIALLY ITS REPRESSION OF THE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT.

E-U REPRESENTATIVES HERE, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL EUROPEAN=20
DIPLOMATS, WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THE RECORD ABOUT THE ISSUE, WITH=20
SEVERAL CALLING THE MATTER"SENSITIVE."

NEVERTHELESS, EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC SOURCES PRIVATELY SAY GERMANY=20
-- WHICH HOLDS THE E-U REVOLVING PRESIDENCY AND IS HOST FOR THE=20
MEETING -- IS FRANTICALLY TRYING TO ARRANGE SOME KIND OF=20
COMPROMISE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE MEETING TO GO FORWARD.  IN=20
ADDITION TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE, THE E-U WOULD ALSO NEED TO=20
FIND A WAY TO CIRCUMVENT THE E-U BAN ON VISAS FOR TOP BURMESE=20
OFFICIALS.

THE CONTROVERSY OVER BURMA HAS DOGGED ASEAN / E-U RELATIONS EVER=20
SINCE BURMA'S ADMISSION AS A FULL MEMBERS OF ASEAN IN 1997.

LAST MONTH, THE MEETING OF THE ASEAN / E-U JOINT COOPERATION=20
COMMITTEE WAS SUDDENLY CANCELLED FOR THE SECOND TIME OVER THE=20
BURMA ISSUE.   THE TWO BLOCS THOUGHT THEY HAD A COMPROMISE=20
FORMULA, BUT THE DEAL FELL APART WHEN BOTH SIDES FOUND THEY HAD=20
SHARPLY DIFFERING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE AGREEMENT.

EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS TRIED AT THE TIME TO DOWNPLAY THE BURMA ISSUE,
CALLING IT A MINOR MATTER THAT WOULD NOT DERAIL THE IMPORTANT=20
MINISTERIAL MEETING.=20

THE MINISTERIAL MEETING IS IMPORTANT FOR BOTH BLOCS.  EUROPE IS=20
NOW EMBARKED ON MONETARY UNION AND IS SEEKING MARKETS IN ASIA. =20
ASEAN IS TRYING TO REGROUP AFTER ITS MEMBER NATIONS HAVE SUFFERED
A DEVASTATING ECONOMIC CRISIS.  (SIGNED)

NEB/GPT/FC

10-Feb-99 3:31 AM EST (0831 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS HERE, AS WELL AS THAI OFFICIALS, CONFIRM THAT=20 THE
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CANCELLED. THEY SAY THERE ARE OBJECTIONS FROM AT LEAST THREE EUROPEAN
GOVERNMENTS ABOUT BURMA'S PRESENCE. =20 EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAY
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A DEVASTATING ECONOMIC CRISIS. (SIGNED) NEB/GPT/FC 10-Feb-99 3:31 AM EST (0831
UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .
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