A meeting scheduled for this week between the European Commission and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been postponed…

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Series Details 28/01/99, Volume 5, Number 04
Publication Date 28/01/1999
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Date: 28/01/1999

...because of differences over Burma's participation. The EU refuses to sit at the same negotiating table as the country's military rulers because of the state's appalling human rights record. It is not the first time that the meeting, which was originally due to take place in November 1997, has been postponed because of disagreements over how to deal with the military dictatorship in Rangoon.

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