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Revue <strong>de</strong> Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro <strong>de</strong> la Prensa-Baszn Öz<strong>et</strong>i<br />
r Europeans Suspend AIl<br />
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1991<br />
Ministerial Me<strong>et</strong>ings With Iran<br />
By Tom Buerkle<br />
International Herald TribUM<br />
LUXEMBOURG - European governments<br />
agteed Tuesday to suspend<br />
ministerial me<strong>et</strong>ings with Iran and w9fk<br />
,jointly to block Iranian intellig~nce efforts<br />
in Europe, saying the measures<br />
should send a clear signal to Tehran to<br />
stop supporting international terrorism.<br />
The, <strong>de</strong>cision by European Union foreignministers<br />
reflected a <strong>de</strong>sire to punish<br />
the Iranian government for its involvement<br />
in ,the mur<strong>de</strong>r of three<br />
Kurdish dissi<strong>de</strong>nts and their translator in<br />
Berlin, while stopping well short of the<br />
diplomatic and economic isolation practiced<br />
by the United States. ,<br />
The balancing act was exemplified by'<br />
Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel of Germany.<br />
Mr. Kinkel pushed his partners to<br />
support the measures, saying Europe<br />
nee<strong>de</strong>d tO_$Ïve a fIrm, united response<br />
:after a Geiman court.fourtd Iran's lead-<br />
,ers responsible earlier this month for the'<br />
Berlin mur<strong>de</strong>rs. But he argued against<br />
cutting off all contacts with Iran, and he<br />
<strong>de</strong>fen<strong>de</strong>d the record of Europe' s socalled<br />
critical dialogue with Tehran even<br />
as the ministers reaffirtned an earlier<br />
<strong>de</strong>cision to suspend it.<br />
"You don't tear down relations that<br />
youhaye built upover the years when<br />
you're in heavy seas," Mr. Kinkel<br />
said.<br />
He warned,' however, that anyrestoration<br />
of normal relations "will now<br />
<strong>de</strong>pend on how'Iran reacts."<br />
"There must be no action contravening<br />
internationallaw," he said.<br />
Foreign Minister Herve <strong>de</strong> Char<strong>et</strong>te of<br />
France also stressed Europe's rejection<br />
of the hard-line approach advocated by'<br />
Washington, saying the ministers never'<br />
consi<strong>de</strong>red economic sanctions or a,<br />
compl<strong>et</strong>e break in diplomatic relations. ,<br />
"You g<strong>et</strong> more by dialogue than by<br />
silence," he said.<br />
U.S: officials cautiously welcomed<br />
the <strong>de</strong>cision, saying that <strong>de</strong>spite, an intense<br />
lobbyingeffort Washington did not<br />
expectEuropeangovernments to support<br />
any restrictions on their tra<strong>de</strong> with Iran.<br />
The State Department spokesman, Nicholas<br />
Bums, said in Washington that his<br />
government applau<strong>de</strong>d the EU's stand<br />
and shared its view "that Iran must re,<br />
spect the norms of international lawI<br />
refrain from acts of terrorism and live ug<br />
to international commitments on human<br />
rights and' on proliferation issues."<br />
A U.S. diplomat called the EU diplomatic<br />
measures helpful but said that<br />
the real issues were' 'how much we can<br />
build on these kinds of actions, and what<br />
will their impact be.:'<br />
The EU <strong>de</strong>cis.ion call~<br />
for "the sus-<br />
pension of' official' bilateral ministeria1<br />
visits to or'from Iran un<strong>de</strong>r the present<br />
circumstances. " It also committed EU<br />
govemmcl\ts to cooperate in ens~ng<br />
that \visas are not granted to Iranian<br />
intelligence agents, arid to work tog<strong>et</strong>her<br />
to exclu<strong>de</strong> ~tel~igence agents from Iranian<br />
emBaSSies10 Europe.<br />
, Britainl and the N<strong>et</strong>herlands, which<br />
chaired the me<strong>et</strong>ing as hol<strong>de</strong>r of the<br />
rotating EU presi<strong>de</strong>ncy, gave ~trong support<br />
to the measures. So did Austna,<br />
whose foreign minister, Wolfgang<br />
Schuessel, recalled the mur<strong>de</strong>r of three<br />
Kurdish dissi<strong>de</strong>nts in Vienna in 1989.<br />
, France,-Italy and Greece took a softer<br />
line, even though they endorsed the mea-,<br />
sures. Mr. <strong>de</strong> Char<strong>et</strong>te said the <strong>de</strong>cision<br />
represented a "reprobation" of the Berlin<br />
slayings "but at the same time a real<br />
<strong>de</strong>sire to maintain state-to-state relations'<br />
with Iran. 'I' Mr. <strong>de</strong> Char<strong>et</strong>te sought to ~<strong>et</strong><br />
a six-month mnit on the diplomatic mea- ,<br />
sures but was rebuffed by his colleagues, •<br />
officials present at the me<strong>et</strong>ing said.<br />
, The Italian foreign minister, Lamberto<br />
Dini, said European ministers<br />
could still me<strong>et</strong> informally with, their<br />
Iranian counterparts, anù he expressed<br />
'hope that the suspension of official<br />
me<strong>et</strong>ings would be "very temporary"<br />
so as not to hurt commercial,and cultural<br />
exchanges withIran.<br />
~ . . . -<br />
, Turkish Daily News Wednesday. April30. 1997<br />
With the military taking a tougher line, Parliamentary<br />
,support for bisgovernment waning, and even some<br />
"of bis <strong>de</strong>puties <strong>de</strong>claring that the coalition is <strong>de</strong>ad,<br />
Erbakan said the magic words; early elections<br />
Ankara-<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
• Islamist Prime Minister<br />
Necm<strong>et</strong>tin Erbakan, facing<br />
moun,ting challenges to his<br />
authority from the military and<br />
others inthe secularist estab- ,<br />
lishment; said on Tuesday he<br />
was prepared for new elections.<br />
,<br />
, "Today at any moment,<br />
whoever wants them, we are .' -,'<br />
ready for elections," Erbakan .t~e armed fo~ces, which tradltold<br />
his Welfare Party. The tlOnally c~nsl<strong>de</strong>r themselves<br />
prime minister said the 10- the gu~dlans of. the secular<br />
month record of his govern- KemalIst republIc, sa~' the , ,<br />
ment was "<strong>de</strong>corated with suc- s,truggle,agamst Islaml,st actlvlcess<br />
stories" in all fields and ties as vItal to the ,survIval of<br />
popular support for it was ~?e seculi;lI republic: , ,<br />
Increasing with each passing D~stroYlng fu~damentalIsm IS<br />
day,<br />
of lIfe or <strong>de</strong>ath II!Iportance,"<br />
"We are ready for elections, Gen. Kenan Demz. a top army<br />
any moment," he reiterated. cO?UTIan<strong>de</strong>r"told a ~peclal<br />
The <strong>de</strong>claration of Erbakan, an bn~fing for Journalists "<br />
ope~ chall~n~e to opposition <strong>de</strong>slpned ~o,lay out,~he nulI: "<br />
partIes, cOIncI<strong>de</strong>d with a state- tary s posItIOns on domestIc<br />
ment from a top gel!e,r~l that ,<br />
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