A.S.E.A.N. Concern
(N.Z.P A.-Reuter—Copyright) KUALA LUMPUR, March 19. President Suharto and Malaysian leaders today expressed grave concern at the worsening situation in SouthEast Asia and reaffirmed their belief in “self-determination, non-alignment and non-inter-ference in the affairs of others.” They also agreed that consideration could be given, at an appropriate time, to the expansion of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, which now groups only their two countries with Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore.
In addition, the two Moslem countries, while expressing concern over the plight of the people of Palestine, expressed the hope that efforts by the United Nations and the four Great Powers towards a Middle East solution would be successful. The expression of the two countries’ hopes were contained in a communique issued jointly by Malaysian and Indonesia at the end of a three-day visit to Kuala Lumpur by President Suharto who has now left for Bangkok.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32251, 20 March 1970, Page 15
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