couldleadtoajust,comprehensive andlasting peaceintheregion. This proposal, therefore, receives ourfullsupport. Theconflict between IranandIraqintheregionofthePersian Gulfhas already causedmuchlossofhumanlifeandproperty onbothsides. Wewouldappeal tothesetwocountries toresolvetheirdifferences peacefully andhonourably. Theincreasing imperialist military presence andthestrengthening ofthe DiegoGarciabaseandotherlogistical stageposts intheIndianOceanregion constitute athreattotheindependence andsecurity ofthelittoral andhinterland Statesoftheregion. Inviewofthistensesituation, wedeemitessential that theinternational conference onturning theIndianOCeanintoazoneofpeacetake placewithinthetimeframe established bytheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-ninth session. TheDemocratic Republic ofAfghanistan continues tobethevictimofan undeclared warwagedfromaneighbouring country withthesupportofinternational imperialist andreactionary circles. Westrongly condemn thatarmedinterference andsubversive actsagainst Afghanistan andreaffirm oursupport andunswerving solidarity withtheGovernment andpeopleofAfghanistan intheirstruggle to safeguard theirnational independence andthefruitsoftheAprilrevolution. Thepolicyaimedatperpetuating thedivision ofKoreaandsetting upanew military alliance in'theFarEasthascreated apermanent situation oftension there. Wedemandthewithdrawal offoreign troopsfromSouthKoreaandsupport the proposals ofthePeople's Democratic Republic ofKoreaforthepeaceful and independent reunification oftheirKoreanhomeland without foreign interference.JSM!MO Ai40/PV.20 14-15 (Mr.Sipaseuth, LacPeople's Democratic Republic) Inthesamecontext, wesupport theproposals ofthesovietUniononthe preparation ofconfidence-building measures intheFarEastanditsproposals aimed atstrengthening peaceandstability inAsia. We~lsosupport theproposals ofthe People's Republic ofMongolia ontheconclusion ofaninternational convention on non-interference andnon-recourse toforceinrelations between theStatesofAsia andthePacific. Theseproposals, wefeel,areinkeeping withtheinterests of thepeoplesoftheregion. Duringthelastsixyea~sthesituation inSouth-East Asiahastakena positive turn,despite themanydifficulties resulting fromthedestructive war, itsaftermath, andthesubversive activities ofinternational imperialist andother reactionary circles. Thethreecountries ofIndo-China, inpartiCUlar thePeople's Republic ofKampuchea, haveachieved greatsuccess intheirrespective taskof defence andnational reconstruction.MLG/rd A/40/PV.2016". (Mr. ~ipaseuth, LaoPeople's Democratic Republi~) Thesesuccesses showusthatthePeople's Republic ofKampuchea andthe Kampuehean people, whicharedeveloping theircountry andstrengthening itmore everyday,arenowincontrol ofalloftheirnational territory andhavebecome fullmastersoftheirhomeland. ThefactthatthePeople's Republic ofKampuehea andtheSocialist Republic ofVietRamjointlydeclared on16Augustduringthe Eleventh Conference ofMinisters ofForeign AffairsofLaos,Kampuehea andVietNam inPhnomPenh,capitalofthePeople's Republic ofKampuchea, thatthepartial withdrawal oftheVietnamese volunteer forcesfromKampuchea wouldbecontinued on anannualbasisandtotally concluded in1990isproofofthisdevelopment and consolidation. Itisalsoproofofthesincerity ofVietRamwhichcontinues ceaselessly todoeverything initspowereffectively toaidtheKampuchean people andtoresPeCt theindependence andsovereignty ofKampuchea. Itistimethattheinternational community respected thelegitimate rightsof theKampuchean peopleinitslabourofrebirth andnational reconstruction onthe pathithasitselfchosen. TheseatofKampuchea intheunitedNations andin otherinternational bodiesshould berestored tothePeople's Republic of Kampuehea, thesolelegalandgenuine representative oftheKampuchean people. Ontheotherhand,despite theobstacles created byhostilecircles, the tendency towards dialogue intheregionhasalsodeveloped. Indeed, therecent meeting between theMinister forForeign AffairsofVietNam,representing the threecountries ofIndo-China, andtheMinister forForeign Affairs ofIndonesia, representing themembercountries oftheAssociation ofsouth-East AsianNations (ASEAN), hascreated conditions foragreater mutualunderstanding forthepurpose offinding asolution totheproblem ofpeaceandstability inSouth-East Asia.To
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