Statement from Joint Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the G8 and the Non-Aligned Movement, Gürzenich/Cologne

10 June 1999

• We, the Foreign Ministers of the G 8, the Troika of Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement (South Africa, Bangladesh and Colombia), and the Chair of the G 77, the Ambassador of Guyana, met in Cologne on 10 June 1999. We had a fruitful exchange of views on a number of crucial issues of common concern to our peoples.

• As a result of its successful Durban-summit of September 1998 the non-aligned Movement had taken up a constructive dialogue among partners, and with groups like the G 8. Regular dialogue is a most promising way to strive for promoting our common objectives.

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Source: Released at the Finance Ministers Meeting, Cologne, "Gürzenich", 10 June 1999