English: Willy De Clercq, Member of the CEC in charge of External Relations and Trade Policy, Claude Cheysson, Member of the CEC in charge of Mediterranean Policy and North-South Relations, and Manuel Marín, Vice-President of the CEC in charge of Social Affairs and Employment, Education and Training, received Seri Mahatir bin Mohamad, Malaysian Prime Minister, Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysian Minister for Primary Industries, Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan, Malaysian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Datin Paduka Rafidah Aziz, Malaysian Minister for Trade and Industry. The talks covered bilateral relations between the Community and Malaysia, relations between the Community and ASEAN, and the progress of the Uruguay Round, notably as regards the negotiations on tropical products, and trade; attention has also focused on the situation regarding Malaysian exports such as cocoa, tin and rubber, and the campaign against drug abuse and trade promotion.

Handshake between Mahathir bin Mohamad, on the left, and Manuel Marín, in the presence, among others, of Claude Cheysson, on the left