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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Butrus-Ghali Discusses UN Policies, Reform ndon V— —— |
WTO Diplomats on PRC Foreign Keporting Policy /AFP/ — —
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INTER-EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
EP’s President Hansch on EU Past, Future Goals /London THE EUROPEAN 18-24 Jan] j
Council of Europe's Tarschys on Russian Admission /London THE EUROPEAN 18-24 Jan] 4
NETHERLANDS
Kok Said To Promote Economic Ties With Isracl /NRC HANDELSBLAD 1/5 Jan]... fy
UNITED KINGDOM
UK's Plans to Open Trade Office in Cuba Viewed {FINANCIAL TIMES 18 Jan]. 7
Sn Lanka Asks London To Check LTTE Activities {Colombo international). 7
TUC's Monks on Idea of “Stakeholder Economy’ /THE TIMES 17 Jan]... 7
FRANCE
Juppe Outlines Priorities for Next Two Years /AFP/ _.............. — 9
U.S. Defense Industry Policy Called “Trade War’ /LE MONDE 10 Jani | q
Paris Seeks ‘Real Renovation’ of NATO/AFP/ _........ ———— y
Defense Minister Millon Discusses Military Policy [Paris Radio} — 10
NATO Welcomes Paris’ Nucicar Iniuative /Paris Teletext]... —— 1]
Paris Suggests UN Confer on Great Lakes Region /AFP/ .. | 12
Efforts Toward Arms Sales to Gulf States Noted /LE MONDE 13 Jan/ 12
Millon on Need To Restructure Armament Industry /AFP/ }4
ITALY AND VATICAN CITY
Italy
Agnelli on Pulfillment of European Obligations /Rome Radio] \4
Vatican City
Israch Minister Meets With Pope, Officials /T HE JERUSALEM POST 18 Jan] \4
PORTUGAL
Sampaio on U.S., Timor, Russia, EU, NATO /EXPRESSO /2 Jan] 18
SPAIN
Aznar Presents Defense, Foreign Policy /ABC /4 Jan/ 19
Gonzalez Affirms PSOE’s Social Justice System /EL PAIS 15 Jan] 20)
NORDIC COUNTRIES
Finland
Lipponen on Baltics After NATO Expansion / Helsinki Radio! 22
Sweden
Agricultural Minister on Importance of FU Reforms /DAGENS NYHETER /2 Jan! 22
CYPRUS
U.S. Urged To Make Dec.sions on Cyprus Issue // MAKHI 18 Jan] 24
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Feissel To Coordinate U.S., UK Initiatives /ALITHIA 15 Jan] 24
Denktas Confirms Trust in Banking System /Bayrak Radio] 24
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GREECE
Reportage on PASOK Election for Prime Minister 27
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Simitis Elected; Gives Acceptance Speech /Athens TV/ 27
TURKEY
Foreign Ministry Says Hijackers Face Prosecution /[ANATOLIA/ 2V
Envoy to UK on Russia's Remarks /London MBC TV/ 2
U.S. Charge Summoned Over ‘Distorted’ Interview /Ankara TV/ *
Erbakan Views Coalition, EU Ties, Seculansm /London MBC TV] oes 0
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Butrus-Ghali Discusses UN Policies, Reform [Snow] Isn't this the problem in the aftermath of the
Cold War the rules ought to have been changed |
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circumstance, they were drawn up when we icared
{"Exclusive” interview with UN Secretary General nuclear war between great powers. Now we fear that
Butrus Butrus-Ghali by Jon Snow in London on nationalities will spill out as they are mgnt at this
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recorded]
{Butrus-Ghali, interrupting} | compictely agree The
(FBIS Transcribed Text} [Snow] | asked Ghali whether United Nations was created to solve peacefully inter-
the Chechen conflict having finally moved into the in- national disputes, and now we are involved in internal
ternational arena, the United Nations should intervene’ disputes. This | agree with you. But still it ts an inter
governmental organisauion, and you will find that many
{(Butrus Butris-Ghali] Unless we receive the demand member states will not be in favor of this kind of in
from Russia or from Turkey, the United Nations cannot
tervention, because they are afraid 0) their own situa
intervene. One of the basic rules of the United Nations tion. Tomorrow something may happen in country A
is that member states of a member state of a protagonist
and country A does not want intervention of the intet-
of a dispute or a member state of the United Nations ask national Community
for intervention, the United Nations cannot intervene
[Snow] Don't you need to be able to revise the situation
[Snow] That's the formal position, but do you not pick where there 1s no loss of face, no threat to sovereignty
up the phone to Pnmakov or Kozytes before and say but where it is internationally accepted that there ts this
look | am concerned about this’ resource in the United Nations to call somebody in you
need not abide necessary by that — by what ever thes
{Butrus-Ghali] | have done this before, and they have
decide
semt an assistant for the refugee where we discuss the
possibility of sending observer for the election once the
[Butrus-Ghah, interrupung) This can be don, Put agar
peace will he concluded. This does not mean that | you need the decision of the Security Council The
am not in contact with them, but these are not official Security Council can intervene without the permission
contacts of the member state, hase“ on chapter seven, which ts
the use of force, but this decision has to be taken Py the
[Snow] And you are not hemng asked’
Security Council
|B utrus<Ghah| We have not been asked
[Snow] And all too often there are people in the Security
{Snow, imterrupting] But doesn't Council with vested interests’
{Butrus-Ghah, interrupting] We may even provoke a {Butrus-Ghah| Exactly which may say no
member state and ask them to ask us, hut we have not
[Snow] The problem surely is that the structure, night
heen asked
at the top of the Security Council the way in which the
[Snow] And you have tned to provoke them’ United Nations ts configured is out of date, and itselt
really needs to be changed
|B utrus-Ghali| | have tned the last ime with Kovzyrey
certainly | Butrus Ghali} | agree, because everybody talking about
the necessity of having the reform of the United Nations
[Snow] You see this surely, in the aftermath of the Cold
talking about the reform of the Secretanat and very few
War, as precisely what the United Nations should he
people talk about the reform of the interpovernmental
most concerned about, the small but Pitter Moadshed organisation like the General Assembly, the BCONSCK
moments around the world
the Economic and Social Council of like the Security
{Butrus<Ghali}] | completely agree. and after all we Council
have heen involved in the last five years only in civil
[Snow] But it 1s a very critical moment isn't it
wars) What is happening in Mozambigue ts a civil
war, in Salvador is c.etl war, in Angola ts civil war, |Butrus-<Ghah| The very critical moment began at the
in Cambodia is civil war, and even in Bosnia it ts
end of the Cold War and the difference is that there is
a cil war, hecause our Bosnian Serbo. Bosnian not enough awareness in the international Community
fighting Mushm Bosnian, hut again unless we have the that you are dealing with a new period. and that the
agreement of the member static we cannot intervenc memter states do not know what they want from the
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United Nations. This is the real probiem. A period of One diplomat commented thal the plan to control
Wansiton 1s very difficult, because after World War l we loreign coonoma Hews agencies is cerlamly fot a
had the Treaty of Versailic, after World War il we have constructive development.” It 1s not so much the oPyect
San Francisco and the creation of the United Nations of the restriction that presents a prodicm, he sain
After the end of the Cold Wa we have sothing, so we Any country 1s entitled to specific exemption clauses
are leading a very dificult period, where we do not in the services agreement signed af the WTO) hut
know what are the new rules of the game, and we do rather the probiem is the negative ‘mage | whah the
not know what the member states want from the Unned move gives Tise
Nations, and what they are ready to oan for the United
A European negotiator said the decision marks another
Nations
step backwards ‘that will not promote confidence
WTO Diplomats on PRC Foreign Reporting Policy and that shows the uncertainties which continue &
characterize China's intentions to open up more widely
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He sand that in any event, Chinese memberstup in the
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WTO is unthinkable for this vear. There are stil! »
China's decision to control news distributed in China
many things io be settled. Take the package of tart! cuts
by foreign coonomK news agencies will not facilitate
announced by China in Osaka a few months ago We
Current negotiations on Chinese membership in the
sull don't know exactly what's own ut. For the moment
World Trade Organization (WTO) diplomats close to we have had only general figures and 1
the agency said on Wednesday
the products concerned
The organization itself did not officially react to the
The neat session of informal ialks between the Chinese
announcement by China
delegation and WTO members on Chinese membershy
For more than nine vears now, C! fa has Seen neg i- 1s to he held in Geneva in March
ating with the General Agreement n Taritts and Trade
(GATT) and then with ts successor. the WTO) nN Chi
nese memhership
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EP's President Hansch on EU Past, Future Goals open and efficient, and to comprehensively prepare tor
a larger, wider Union.
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the work of the Reflecuon Group, set up by the
[Arucle by Klaus Hansch, President European Parhia-
European Council to prepare for the intergovernmental
ment: ““Operation Truth’ Comes Into ls Own’ |
vonterence.
(FBIS Transcribed Text} Last year ended on a strong
Our two members, Elisabeth Guigow and Elmer Brok.,
note for Europe, with the successful outcome of the
did a magnificent job in bringing the representatives of
Madrid summit confirming the umetablie for the singic
currency and laying the groundwork for the intergov- the member states around to our views. They did thes
on the key issue of decision- making, where we seck to
ernmental conference.
extend majonty voung io all routine legrs!ation
In the last weeks of 1995 the first clements of a
On the subject of majority voting they argued for co-
common foreign and security policy became cicar: the
decision for the European Parliament and managed to
transatlantic declaration, our full parucipation in the
Dayton peace process, and in peacekeeping and the persuade a large majority of their colleagues in the Re-
reconstruction of former Yugoslavia flecuon Group. This augurs well for the intergovern-
mental conference.
There was also the successful outcome of the Barcelona
summit of Mediterranean countries, which opened a new ()ne issue thal was not settled was how to involve the
cra of dialogue. At the risk of sounding complacent, i European Parliament in the conference. The Spanish
was a good year for the European Parliament (EP) as presidency proposed at the Madnd summut that, given
well. the extremely positive expenence of the Reflection
Group, two observers from the European Parliament
We approved the Santer Commission in January, after should participate fully in the conference — without
the public hearings of all the candidate Commusssoners
voling nights as we are mt 4 government not as
We appointed the first ombudsman, Jacob Soderman negotiators bul as active advisory participants
from Finland, and we set up our first special commutice
We have not rescived this question as yet, but a large
of inquiry, to deal with the difficult issue of fraud in
majority of member states went along with it, and
community transit.
that 1s important. Parliament is now recognised by
A majority of MEPs (Members of European Parliament] governments as a constructive partner in dialogue
voted for the customs union with Turkey in December,
The year just ended was rich in moments that wil!
but this was only after we had applied the utmost pres-
live on in the memory — the emotional farewell! to
sure on Turkey to improve its human nghts perforriance
Jacques Delors after ten years service as president of
— not without some success.
the European Commission, the excitement of the vote
At the year’)\ end we voted a 1996 budget which found on the new Commission after the rollercoaster of the
additional funds for the Union's external activities and parhamentary hearings, and the vibrant plea from UN
for developiig countries. We also managed to resolve a Secretary-General Butrus Butrus-Ghali for the European
long-tunning, dispute on the Union's budget for 1995 Union to play a bigger role in world affairs
In Brusse!s, we seem to be managing our budget a little There was the uproar at President Jacgues Chirac’s
more efficiently than in Washington visit to the European Parliament after the resumption
of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific. | beheve
A great deal of Parliament's time was spent in preparing
that many MEPs went too far in expressing thei anger
for this year's intergovernmental conference, the formal
at the president. But their outrage was deeply felt and
go-ahead for which will come in March at the Turin
represented the strong feelings of the clectorate Above
summit.
all, none of us will ever forget Francois Mitterrand’ s
The first task was to decide what we wanted My valedictory address last January, a year before his death
view, shared by the majority of my colleagues, was that
Mitterrand’s speech moved, provoked and inspired His
Parliament needed to establish a realistic agenda for the
ringing coda: “Nationalism means wir articulated his
conference — not a Utopian constitutional blueprint for
creed and guides us forward
a United States of Europe which would be acceptable to
no one outside our own walls, bul a practical agenda to The next few years to the new millennium wil! cither
make the Union of 1S member states more democratic, transform the Union of break ut. We face challenges
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which must he met. We must forge a virtuous circle, In the Council of Europe, too, the nsk of dilution has
not a vicious Cycle. been a deep concern. There is a strong resolve in the
orgamisaiion that its standards must not he lowered
We ave & create more jobs of we will lose the farth of
through expansion.
our ciuzens. We must make reforms *n the way that the
Union works, and ratify them, or we will not be able to Founded in 1949 to further reconciliation and European
welcome in new members. We must enlarge the Union unity, the Council of Europe has always had a clear
or see the system of solidarity break down. wWeological profile. Its mission 1s to defend and promote
pluralist democracy, the rule of law and respect tor
We have to reform our finances and our structural and
human rights
agncultural policies or we will run out of funds. We
rust inutuce the single currency of we lose all cred- This made it quite suspect in the eyes of the former So-
ibility in the financial markets and, more importantly, viet bloc rulers but, for the same reason, it attracted the
with our people imterest of dissidents and reformers. As the dictatorial
systems started to crack, contact with the Couto: was
These challenges requite courageous statesmanship.
an important carly siep to estaMishing pood relations
They also require constant caplanation
with the West. The Council's parliamentary assembly
Many of our citizens have lost faith in the Union. They was quick to seize on these new opportunities: Mika!
fear the single currency and worry about losing their Gorbachev came to the Council's headquarters im Stras
bourg to deliver his important speech about the com
entity. They distrust Brussels and begin to beheve
the wildest distoruons of the truth propagated by some mon European house
secuons of the press and a number of xcnophotic
From 1989, MPs from parliaments in central and casters
politicians
Europe were granted “special gucst status im the
Out priority is to regain public support for the European assembly
project. This emphatically docs not mean ‘selling
Full membership for these countries required « arctu
Europe like some brand of soap powder. It means
examination and dialogue. The crucial steps to pluralist
explaining intelligently why the Union ts necessary to
democracy must fave heen taken and ther Pasi laws
the security and prosperity of our continent
brought into conformity with the European Convention
Parhament will be trying to ensure that the major on Human Rights. Promises of continuing reforms have
information campaign we have established with the also played a decisive role in recent accessions
Commission will address people's real concerns —
Operation Truth” not “Operation Hoodwink In the past five years, a further 1S countries have become
full members of the Council of Europe. Wil! the wider
That ts our top priority for 1996, because if we lose this membership — now totalling 4% states change the
hattle we could lose the war for Europe as weil. character of the organisation’ Not as I see 1) But what
will change, and has already begun to change. are some
Council of Europe's Tarschys on Russian Admission working methods. Fresh strategies are needed to cope
with the particular problems of the new democracies of
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In the first place, more monitoring is required In
[Article by Daneel Tarschys, Secretary General of the
addition to (ie Commission and the Court of Human
Council of Europe: “Russia's Entry to the Council of
Rights, the hard core of the Council's monmtonng
Europe isn't Just Realpolitik |
system, there are special bodies following developments
[FBIS Transcribed Text) At a meeting of the political af- in specific areas, such as the anti-forture Commission
fairs committee where Russia's application for member- and the experts on the social charter. The parliamentary
ship was being discussed, the Romanian MP Valeri Sev- assembly has its own monitoring system, and the
erin asked: So what is the Council of Europe after all’ commutiee of ministers (which comprises the member
A club of democracies — of a school for democrats” countnes’ foreign ministers) is also stepping up its
efforts to ensure that obligations are honoured
Discussions about the enlargement of international of-
gamisations tend to throw up profound questions. For There are obligations for all member states. By ratifying
the European Union, it is the issue of widening versus the European Convention on Human Rights. « country
deepening. There are the apprehensions in Nato about makes important commitments both to the mternational
diluting the organisation and the response of outsiders community and to its own citizens From then
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violations of human nghts can never be dismissed as The entry of Russia into the organisation of European
internal affairs. dem xcracies will not only be symbolic. It also has many
prac‘*cal implications by opening the door to Russian
But monitoring is only one side of the coin. The other
involvement in a great many structures of European
is support. Countries with human rights problems, frail
co-operation. This, in turn increases statlity on the
constitutions and a judiciary still marked by the past re-
conunent.
quire a great deal of assistance. It is also important to
develop local self-government — indispensable under- After the controversies over foreign policy in the recent
pinnings of pluralist democracy. Russian clecuon campaign, it is noteworthy that the
parliamentary parties all favour the country’s accession
European co-operation can play a role here. In the
to the Council of Europe. The sole exception is extreme
Council of Europe, some programmes have already
nationalist Viadiunw Zhirinovskiy's party which wavers
started and proved promising. Hans van den Brockt,h e
from a negative to an undecided stance
European Commissioner for central and eastern Europe,
and | recently signed a joint El'-Council of Europe The proposal to admit Russia should not be dismissed as
contract on co-operation with Ukraine. Now we hope realpoliuk. It is a chance to promote democratic values
to extend this activity to Russia. in a Country where they are fragiic
Meanwhile, the commuttees of the assembly continue
the deliberations on Russian membership. At its meet-
ing in Zurich last month, a clear majonty in the political
affairs committee took a positive view
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Kok Said To Promote Economic Ties With Ieracl During the visit by Kok to Israci the signing of a number
BX *401163596 Ronerdam NRC HANDELSBLAD of declarations of intent will create the fremework what
im latch 15 Jan 9 pil will sumulate consorua formed mm the Netherlands |
take advantage of the opportunites for Netherlands
[Report by Salemon Bouman: View by Wim Kok industry in Istacl. Moncy ts not goung to he spent lke
Swrengthens Economac Relavons W uh Isracl| wer yet, say Netherlands circles. [passage omitted)
[PBIS Translated Excerpt} Tel Aviv, 15 Jan — The visit The Nethaiuccs Railroad Assocuabon has received
which begins taday by Pnme Minister Kok and Foreign signals from the authorities im Tel Aviv that Ierac!
Minister Van Mierio to leracl ushers in a new phase would appreciate a tender for the construction of an
im the cconomec relations between the two countries underground railway in Israci’s Largest coty. This proyect
The virtually balanced bilateral trade, worth some 2 has a price tag of up to $1.2 rihon. Success for the
hillhon guilders (G] a year, has been expanding in recent Netherlands tender depends among «Jct things on the
years with the activites of Netheclands multinationals guarantees which the Netherlands Government can give
mvesting in Isract for loans for the Netherlands share, but this applies
to all the large-scale projects on the negotiating tabic
Netherlands mmJustry has not only gamed an cye for
According to mmsders, a Netherlands gas consortium
the opportunities offered by the rapidly growing Israch
stands a good chance of winning Hetween 10 and 20
cconomy, but ts also anticipating economic development
percent of the $1.5 billion which the Israch clectra’ts
m the Middle East as a result of the Israch-Palestinian-
company is mvesting to further diversify its energy
Arab peace process. [passage omuitied])
sources. That 1s a part of the Israch decision to dowhe
Netheriands industry ts secking to gain a share in clectreity generation im the neat 10 years to mect
the expansion of the railway network which is sul! the needs of the ramdly capanding cconomy and the
m its infancy, "he organization of pulix transport, resultant increase in wellare
the construction of the underground railway in Te!
* viv, energy provision, aad the construction of artificial Plans to import gas from Qatar and construct a pipeline
vesdential wlands off the coat of Tel Aviv, regarded for transporting gas from Egypt to Isracl are at an
as profitatic duc to the cxortitantly high land prices advanced stage. The Netherlands gas consortrum has
duc to tts years of cxperence im the Netherlands with
The important Netherlands financial and technical share
natural gas, a strong hand for winning Israch orders
m the construction of Gaza harhor to stimulate Pales-
for the supply and installation of among other things
uman imports and cxports also answers the leach re-
equipment for the integration of gas un the Istach energy
quest to the Netherlands — made by the late Pnme
package. Kok’s visi tomorrow to the bead office of the
Minister Yuzhag Ratin — to support the peace process
Israch electricity company im Harta us indicative
in the Middie East with economic support to the Pales-
umans. In 1995 the Netherlands gave GSO million di- The construction of artificial islands off the coast of Tel
rectly to the Palestuman Authority. This year that amount Aviv is also a project im which Netherlands entrepre
will he increased to G70 million. Netherlands circles neurs, in conjunction with Istach institutions, are inter
are speculating that this aid to the peace process will ested. A preliminary study has already been made for
encourage Isracl when i comes to orders for Nether- the construction of the first island, 810.000 square me
lands compames. According to the Netherlands assess- ters in size. The fact that interest on the Netherlands is
ment, this aspect prohatly weighs heavier than whai increasing rapidly in israch Pusiness circles can also he
was formerly called the special lerach-Netherlands un- deduced from the fact that the Netherlands Israch bus
derstanding According to well-informed Netherlands ness forum has gained 400) members in a short space of
circles that ime ts past and its place has been taken by time. This business forum was set up at the imitative of
the pure pragmatiem of “giving and taking the Netherlands Embassy
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UK's Plans to Open Trade Office in Cuba Viewed Sri Lanka Asks London To Check LTTE Activities
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[Rebyp Paoscalr Pltetch er: “BoEyets Caubann Deals”|
(FBIS Transcribed Text) Foreign Minter Lakshman
[FBIS Transcribed Text) Havana — The Common- Kadirgamar held twas with hes Bretesh Counterpart
wealth Development Corporaion [CDC], the British Matcolm Riflund this week dermg be vist to London
goverament's development finance ustitubon, plans to
The foresygn minister askod the Brawh Goverament to
open an office in Cuba and is sdestifying investment cut down on the LTTE [Literation Tigers of Tar!
opportunities which could include Use clectricity sector, Eclam] propaganda and fund-raising activities im that
financial services, industry and agriculture country. He accused the Tigers of ung thew office im
London as a center for subwerson. Mr. Kadergama alw
The UK body had $$10m of investments and commu.
went on to caplan the present setuatoon on the cast of Sr
ments in the Canbhean and Central America and so its
Lanka where terrorist attacks have been threatening |
entry into Cuba was a natural cxtenwon , according to
undermine the civil admunrtratoon estaMished on the sc
Mr Roy Reynolds, CDC chief executive
aeas. He also bicted Mr. Rifkend on the powerament's
The British government has acted to intensify trade and devolution package and Constitutional reforms
imvestment relavons with Cuba despite a US coonomic
The Sri Lankan foreign monster sand several times that
embargo agamst the communtst-ruled island British.
his government's peace ciforts could not sacced whless
Cuban relahonms have heen boosted over the lat 18
the LTTE has heen crippled The vas sures of money
months by a senes of high-level visits and an investment remitted to the Tigers by front organizations in Western
promotion and protection agreement British companies
counties such as Britain contributes substantially |
wc ative m sugw harvest financing, agrochemucals,
the campaign of terror and subversion He appealed
Cigaetie manufacturing investment and ol cxploration
to the Briush Government to resolve the problem
in Cuba
TUC'’s Monks on Idea of “Stakeholder Fconomy’
Mr Reynolds sad CDC operations in Cuba could act
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mvestment on the wand The CDC. which operates
in more than SO countries, will hold talks with Cuban
[Arucle hy John Monks, Secretary General of the Trade
goverament officials over the next sa months to identify
Union Council, TUC. “The TUC's Stake on Mr Bla |
sectors on which specific, detailed investment proposals
[FBIS Transcribed Teast) For once the Conservatives
could he drawn up
felt they were on the front foot last week When the
Mr Reynolds said that he saw the ilectricity sector, Prime Minister and his deputy condemned Tony Blam +
financial services, agriculture znd industry es promising vision of a stakeholder economy, they hoped to reach
target sectors. The Cuban authorities had proposed other familar ground Stakcholding 1s about unions, they sand
investment areas, one of them heing tounsm ht will help them to reburld their position My answer is
yes Pul 1m a way that will confound, aot confirm, thew
The CDC works with the private sector and on'y
clams
supports commercial projects
Bul a stakeholder ccomomy % fot about a return to the
Cuba has mecreasingly opened its cconomy to foreign
19k Nor does ut give Tory siratcgists af Chouse bo
investment hut the government is still cautious about rerun ther anti-umon arguments of the 1980s
allowing More private enterprise on a national level,
First, oprnions on how to restore Britain's competitive
preferring to keep a dominant role for the state
ness are changing decis.vely, as are trade whom
The US embargo and stalled dem negotiations have Secondly, and more significantiy, Tony Blas sea tas
Mocked Cuba's access to fresh medium. and long-term
the radical potential to change the way we conetnat
overseas credits
relations im the modern company and to change the role
of unions
The Cuban government is seching foreign development
fmancing to help haul the economy out of the severe We in the umons regard ourselves a stakeholders in the
recession caused Py the collapee of past trade and ad common enterprise of making thie country more com
tes with the former Soviet Max petitive, community-mnded and caring Thee country
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