ous attack resulted in the wounding of one member of the Nicara­ guan patrol, which repulsed the invading forces; those forces re-turned in haste to Honduras. so that the casualties of the aggressors are not known. The Government of Nicaragua expresses once again its profound concern at the increasing participation of the Honduran army in acts of aggression and intervention against Nicaragua. in perfect acc,,rd with the military and the interventionist plans of the United States. which envisage. imer alia. the provocation of serious horder inci­ dents between Honduras and Nicaragua to serve as a pretext for the initiation of an open confrontation between the two countries. This danger, which.we have persistently denounced. must he the suhject of the most serious reflections on the part of your Government. if it is really. as it claims, interested in preventing the matc:rialization of the bellicose plans of the United States. As I protest. on behalf of my Government. this most recent and unspeakable act of aggression against our territor~ and our sover­ eignty. I reiterate once again our call to peace and to means for the peaceful settlement of disputes. in accordance with international law. DOCUMENT S/15657* Letter dated 24 March 1983 from the representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Secretary-General In my capacity as acting Chairman of the Permanent Representatives of the States members of the Euro­ pean Community in New York, I have the honour to inform you that the heads of State and Government of the Ten, meeting as the European Council, adopted at Brussels, on 22 March 1983, the following conclusions on the situation in the Middle East. "The European Council discussed the situation in the Middle East. including Lebanon and the war between Iran and Iraq. "The IO States members of the European Com­
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