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Whilst this may be digressing from the 'important' issues and my apologies in advance for wasting any one's time. South Korea has a culture of horrendous cruelty to cats and dogs. Apparently more they suffer during the slaughter they taste better. I find it sad that so many Western governments have done nothing for the wretched creatures and with significant trade in the offing Blair is bound to do nothing. Perhaps the football loving nations and supporters may take the World Cup opportunity to raise the issues and at least achieve humanitarian slaughter if they have to eat them. Jacques -----Original Message----- From: Stasi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday December 04 2001 20:07 To: Juche Cc: Anti-NATO Subject: FT: Blair Set To Back Eurofighter For Seoul [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- Blair set to back Eurofighter for Seoul ========================= Financial Times, Dec 4, 2001 By ANDREW WARD Tony Blair is expected to support international engagement with North Korea and urge Seoul to select the British-backed Eurofighter as its next fighter aircraft when he meets the South Korean president in London today. The prime minister is set to pledge support for Kim Dae-jung's flagging efforts to reconcile the divided Korean peninsula, and to seek deeper trade ties. Diplomats said Eurofighter's bid to win South Korea's Dollars 4bn next-generation fighter jet contract would be high on the UK agenda for the Downing Street summit. Mr Blair's support for Eurofighter is designed to combat a perception in Seoul that the four-nation European fighter jet consortium has lacked commitment to the South Korean contract. Eurofighter is judged to be trailing Boeing of the US and France's Dassault in the race to win the deal, which is currently the most lucrative of its kind. Boeing is considered favourite because of US military ties with Seoul but the Europeans have gained ground. The UK would stand to claim about half the value of the contract if Eurofighter won the business because the largest proportion of the jet is manufactured in Britain by BAe Systems. Eurofighter - backed by the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy - is engaged in a dogfight with its US and French rivals for lucrative jet contracts around the world. The airforces of the four consortium nations are expected to take delivery of the first Eurofighter jets next year. Mr Blair is expected to urge renewed international efforts to lower barriers with communist North Korea following a deterioration in the reclusive regime's relations with Seoul and Washington in recent weeks. The UK has opened an embassy in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, and taken part in European Union aid and investment initiatives in the country. "Britain has a role in encouraging both its US and European allies to step up efforts to promote change in North Korea," said a South Korean government adviser. Korea's president, Page 22 Copyright: The Financial Times Limited 1995-1998 ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
