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To: RealMuLan who wrote (1942)	12/13/2003 10:54:21 AM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) of 6370

EU calls for new look at China arms embargo 12 December 2003 European leaders on Friday urged a reassessment of an EU arms embargo against China imposed after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. In summit conclusions, EU heads of government invited their foreign ministers "to reexamine the question of the embargo on the sale of arms to China". The statement was based on a request by French President Jacques Chirac, said Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was chairing the talks. Berlusconi cited China's "sincere will" to make progress in the area of political rights as it expands economically as having impressed EU leaders. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder set the debate rolling on a visit to China this month when he declared his support for lifting the EU arms embargo, citing advances by the communist government in human rights. German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said at the summit that the vote on the declaration had been unanimous. "No one at the table raised objections," he told reporters. But the European Commission says talk of lifting the embargo is premature. "There has been a feeling that the Chinese would need to demonstrate very clearly the progress made in human rights before a lifting of the arms embargo can be considered," a spokeswoman for the EU's executive arm said this week. The embargo was imposed after China's communist authorities sent in army tanks to crush a pro-democracy movement on Tiananmen Square in central Beijing in June 1989, leaving hundreds dead. Text and Picture Copyright © 2003 AFP. All other copyright © 2003 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. eubusiness.com

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