Communist Internet
Friday 9th May 2000 9.30pm gmt
Chinese, Russian Presidents Confer over Phone
Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Russian President Vladimir Putin made a
phone
conversation Thursday afternoon, in which the two heads of state exchanged
views on
China-Russia relations and international issues of common concern.
Jiang on Sino-Russian Relations
President Jiang Zemin described this year as "an unusual year" for
Sino-Russian
relations.
Jiang said that the two heads of state next month will meet in Dushanbe,
capital of
Tajikistan, and Beijing, respectively, during which they will have an
extensive and
in-
depth exchange of views on all issues of common concern.
He said that China and Russia, as big countries and permanent members of the
United
Nations Security Council, are highly responsible in safeguarding
international peace
and
security.
The mutual trust and close cooperation between the two countries are in the
fundamental
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> http://www.the-times.co.uk (Britai)
> The Times (UK)
> June 8 2000
> BRITAIN
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> Sharp rise in RAF attacks on Iraq
> BY MICHAEL EVANS
> RAF bombing of Iraqi air defence sites has increased sharply in the past
> 18 months, according to the latest figures published by the Ministry of
> Defence.
> Since mid-December 1998 RAF bombers have dropped 78 tonnes of bombs on
> Iraqi military targets; that compares with 2.5 tonnes between April
> 1991, after the Gulf War, and mid-December 1998.
> The MoD's figures show that the average monthly release of bombs has
> risen from 0.025 tonnes to five tonnes.
> Menzies Campbell, the Liberal Democrat spokesman on Foreign Affairs and
> Defence, who acquired the figures from parliamentary answers, said
> yesterday: "The number of occasions on which ordnance has been released
> together with the total tonnage raises questions about the true purpose
> of these operations."
> He added: "There is persuasive evidence that there is an attritional
> campaign against the Iraqi ground-based air defence systems. This
> represents a significant policy shift which has never been explained to
> Parliament."
> The MoD said yesterday that the reason for the increase was "because
> we've been shot at and threatened far more since December 20, 1998, than
> in the previous period."
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