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U.S. Warns Israel Against Arms Sale to China: Haaretz
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Arafat
with Wenchang (L), after their meeting in Ramallah Thursday,
June 20.
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OCCUPIED
JERUSALEM, June 21 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - The United
States has recently warned Israel against selling arms to China, for
fear it could harm U.S. interests, the Israeli daily newspaper, Haaretz,
reported Friday, June 21, 2002.
"The
Americans are worried by any possible escalation between China and
Taiwan," and are concerned that any arms deal would provide
Beijing with military technology transfer at the expense of Taiwan,
the daily said.
Reports
of the warning follow a visit to Israel Wednesday, June 19, by China's
vice foreign minister for the Middle East and Africa, Yang Wenchang,
for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Agence
France-Presse (AFP) said.
Wenchang
also met with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat at his office in the
West Bank town of Ramallah Thursday, June 20, 2002.
Yang's
visit was the first by a high-ranking Chinese official since Israel's
cancellation in July 2000 of a contract for the sale of airborne radar
systems to China.
Washington
opposed the deal for fear it would tip the military balance across the
Taiwan Strait in China's favor.
Beijing
reacted angrily to the cancellation of the sale. It had already spent
millions of dollars on compatible equipment to be used with the radar
systems.
The
Israeli foreign ministry said the two countries have since agreed on
terms of compensation.
According
to Haaretz, Yang's visit to Israel paved the way for a visit soon of
Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan.
Beijing
recognized Israel in 1950, but the two countries did not establish
full diplomatic relations until 1992.
The
U.S., the main arm supplier to Israel, is also providing Taiwan with
continuous arms supplies which includes submarines, destroyers and
fighter airplanes.
China
has repeatedly expressed its anger towards the U.S. arms deal with
Taiwan, saying that such deals will encourage Taiwan to have
independence from China, as well as jeopardizing the U.S.–China
diplomatic relations.
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