Extracts. Russia Says U.S. Planes Keep Active Spying on Borders A top Russian army official said Friday that in the latest years U.S. military planes have kept intensive spying reconnaissance on Russia's borders and been tracked by Russian air defense systems every week. The Russian air-defense forces every week detect and escort between 12 and 15 foreign spy planes in the air space adjacent on its borders, Commander in Chief of the Russian Air Forces, Army General Anatoly Kornukov, told a news briefing here on the occasion of Air-Defense Forces Day. He said that more than 600- 700 foreign combat planes are sighted by Russian air defense systems every year, half of which are air surveillance planes. He noted that NATO and U.S. air surveillance planes are particularly active over the Barents Sea and over the territories of the states near Russia. Norway carries out intensive air surveillance activity over the Kola Peninsula. Intensive air surveillance activities have also been traced in the area of the Sea of Japan, the Pacific Ocean and the sea off Kamchatka, he said. The air surveillance activities are not so intensive on Russia's southern frontiers as over its northern ones, but the situation there is quite tense, too, Kornukov said. In light of this, the CIS joint air defense forces are being reactivated at present. Russia maintains automated data exchanges with Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and Russia's central command of the air-defense forces maintains direct contacts with all the member countries of the unified CIS air-defense system. According to Kornukov, Russia sees its south airspace, particularly the Russia- Kazakhstan border, and the north part from Norway to the Kamchatka Peninsula as the most dangerous air directions to be kept an eye on. Kornukov said Russia will put new air defense systems -- the first missile-and-anti-aircraft systems called "Triumph" -- into service in the Russian air forces this year. **** Chinese President Predicts Deeper China-Latin America Friendship Visiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin said in Santiago Friday that China's friendship with Latin America will see continuous growth in the new century. Jiang, who is on a three-day state visit to Chile, made the speech at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Chinese president said that though separated by the vast ocean and despite different historical backgrounds, social systems, cultural traditions and natural conditions, China and the countries in this region have many things in common in fighting for national independence and in building themselves. Jiang highly commended the struggle of the Latin American people in safeguarding state sovereignty, defending national interests and opposing outside interference in the 20th century. "The Latin America people have firmly fought against outside aggression, maintained 200-nautical marine rights, striven for new international political and economic rights and made contributions to world peace and development," he said. He also spoke highly of the admirable achievements made by the Latin American people in maintaining stability, developing democracy and rejuvenating economy. Jiang said his visit to the six Latin American countries starting from Chile is aimed to "strengthen cooperation, enhance trust, promote cooperation and pursue common development." The Chinese president stated that China attaches importance to its friendly relations with Latin American countries and supports them in playing active roles in regional and global affairs. On behalf of the Chinese government and people, Jiang declared that China will make concerted efforts with Latin American nations to promote long-term, stable, equal and mutually beneficial ties between the two sides in all fields. To this end, Jiang said China and Latin America should work together in the following aspects: -- Deepen mutual understanding and treat each other on an equal footing to develop friendship and mutual trust. -- Increase consultations and mutual support in safeguarding their rights and interests at international levels. -- Broaden economic cooperation and trade to promote common development based on mutual benefit and reciprocity. -- Establish broad and integrated cooperative relations geared to the future from a long-term perspective. On the international situation, Jiang said that the winding evolution of world multi-polarization, the constant deepening of economic globalization, and the dazzling development of science and technology, with information and life sciences as its core, have significantly influenced international political, economic and cultural relations and inspired a new drive toward human society's progress. As "the developing countries are facing both opportunities to achieve greater development and challenges that require serious attention", Jiang proposed, China and Latin American countries should strengthen unity in establishing a new, fair and reasonable international political and economic order; increase consultation and intensify South-South cooperation in all fields; participate actively in the North-South dialogue to improve North-South relations; and work harder to realize the full potential of their own development capacities. Over 300 people, including the Chilean government ministers, officials of the commission and the foreign diplomats in Santiago, were present on the occasion. **** Chinese President Urges Unity, Cooperation Among Developing Nations Chinese President Jiang Zemin Friday urged the world's developing countries to strengthen their unity and cooperation so as to establish a new international political and economic order. In an address here to the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jiang said developing countries should boost unity and make joint efforts to set up a just and rational new international political and economic order. He pointed out that new competition, confrontation and challenges have made the world develop in an inharmonious way and the democratization of international relations is far from being realized. "The unfair and irrational international political and economic order has remained unchanged and has become even worse in certain aspects." Therefore, he said, developing countries are facing more arduous tasks in safeguarding their state sovereignty, security and interests. And while enjoying greater opportunity for development, they also confront challenges that must be dealt with seriously. Jiang called on developing countries to accelerate democratization in the international relations, promote reform in the world economic, financial and trade systems, defend their own legitimate rights and interests and win the right for equal development. To enhance consultation and South-South cooperation is an important means for developing countries to face the changes in the international situation and improve their overall strength and international status, the Chinese president added. "Developing countries should actively participate in the South- North dialogue on the basis of equality and mutual benefit in an effort to improve South-North relations," he said. He also asked developed countries to take into consideration the interests of developing countries and work together with them to solve their problems such as lack of fund, heavy debt and backward technology. Developed and developing countries should respect each other, carry out dialogue, seek common points while reserving differences and strive for common development, Jiang said. The Chinese president also appealed to developing countries to tap their own potential for further development. Jiang is on a six-nation Latin America tour, which will also take him to Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela. **** US 'Human Right' Standard Seen From Incident of Crash of Chinese Airplane For many years, the US government has repeatedly praised itself as a government which is most particular about human rights, advertising that the United States is "a lighthouse defending international human rights"; the US government has, on various occasions, made use of various opportunities to censure other countries on the issue of human rights. In the "2000 country human rights report" published by the US State Department on February 27 this year, the US government, assuming the posture of an overlord, once again criticized over 190 countries and regions around the world on by one for their behavior on the issue of human rights in the past year, hurling abuses at other countries. More than one month afterwards, following the occurrence of the incident of US reconnaissance planes intruding into the airspace over the exclusive economic zone of China's coastal areas and bumping a Chinese military aircraft, the series of performances put on by the US government have enabled people to understand more clearly the meaning of and standard for the the human right of the US government. The irrefutable facts have proved that the responsibility for the collision of Chinese and American military airplanes rests completely with the United States. It is US military reconnaissance aircraft that violated flying stipulations and took dangerous action that crashed the Chinese airplane, with the result that the whereabouts of the Chinese pilot remains unknown to this date. If one has a slight intuitive knowledge, not to say "human right", he should feel compunction, criticize himself, bear responsibility on his own initiative and actively help the Chinese government properly handle this incident, but on the part of the US government, it has not only shirked its responsibility, but has also made unfounded countercharges. Is this the "human right" of the US government? After the occurrence of the incident of bumping and damaging Chinese aircraft, the Chinese government has shown great concern for the missing pilot Wang Wei. President Jiang Zemin said with feeling that man is most valuable, he has repeatedly instructed that the army and concerned departments should search and rescue the pilot fallen into water by all means and at all costs. In less than one hour after the occurrence of the incident, the Navy had sent out five naval ships and five airplanes to hurry to the southeast sea areas of Hainan Island to carry out search. By the morning of April 4, 48 sorties of various types of airplanes and 29 naval vessels had been sent out for the purpose. After learning about the news, Party and government leaders in Wang Wei's hometown immediately rushed to Wang Wei's home to extended cordial regards to Wang Wei's parents. With regard to the US personnel in the aircrew which created disturbances by intruding into China's territorial airspace and landing in a Chinese airport without permission, China, proceeding from a humanitarian stand, has made proper arrangements for them and permitted US embassy officials to China to meet them. But what about the US government? It only expressed "regret" over the fact that so far the parachuted Chinese pilot has not been found. Is that the "human right" of the US government? However, the sharp contrast here is that after the occurrence of the incident, the US government has expressed utmost concern for its flight crew and promptly published the names of all personnel of the aircrew on the Internet and repeatedly demanded that the Chinese side release them. It seems that in the eye of the US government, only Americans are humans, people of other countries are not worth mentioning. The "Declaration of Independence", a document on the founding of the United States, published more than 200 years ago, makes it clear at the outset: "Every one is born equal". Is the "every one" here referring only to Americans, or is it also applicable to all nations in the world? Is it that US government officials have forgotten their forefathers' teachings, or that they simply do not prepare to implement these teachings? People naturally associate this with the US submarine that butted down a Japanese fishing boat, the American pilot who rammed down an Italian cable car, the Iraqi and Yugoslav innocent people killed by US missiles. Do these "human right guards" and "human right judges" safeguard human rights in this way"? The US government has always adopted a dual standard for human rights! To put it bluntly, the so-called human right in the foreign relations of the US government is nothing more than a fig leaf it uses to conceal its practice of power politics and hegemonism. Kindhearted people have further realized that it is impossible for those, who play the bully under the cloak of "human right", to bestow genuine human right to anyone. The justice-upholding and peace-loving Chinese people have further understood that the Chinese human right, sovereignty and other rights in international affairs can only be won by relying on their own efforts. **** Navy Chief Vows to Find Missing Pilot at All Cost Officers and men of the Chinese Naval will continue to do their best to search for Wang Wei, the pilot who parachuted after the collision between his fighter jet and a US spy plane on Sunday morning. Commander of the Navy Shi Yunsheng made the remarks here Thursday. Shi said the Chinese Navy dispatched eight planes and seven warships to find Wang Wei this morning. He added that Chinese President Jiang Zemin is concerned about Wang's safety. Before he left for a Latin American trip, he told Shi that the Chinese Navy should, at all cost, do everything possible to search and rescue Wang. Shi noted that until 4 pm Thursday, the Chinese Navy had conducted a search and rescue operation for 102 hours, and it used the most advanced equipment to search for Wang round the clock. The scope of the search is now almost twice that at the beginning, he added. The strong gales and turbulent waves on the sea have made it difficult for the rescue operation. Sources said that up to now, the Chinese navy has dispatched 74 planes, 42 warships, and over 10,000 servicemen to search for the missing pilot. **** President Jiang Arrives in Chile for State Visit Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrived in Santiago, capital of Chile Thursday morning for a three-day state visit, kicking off his tour of six Latin American nations. Starting from Chile, Jiang will also visit Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela. Jiang paid the visit, also his first foreign tour in the new century, at the invitation of Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar. Jiang's special plane arrived at the Santiago international airport at around 10:10 local time. He was accorded an airport welcome ceremony by Chilean Foreign Minister Maria Soledad Alvear and greeted by Chinese Ambassador to Chile Ren Jingyu and representatives of Chinese residing in Chile. In a written speech distributed at the airport, Jiang said he was delighted to pay his first state visit to Chile and conveyed sincere greetings and good wishes of the Chinese people to the Chilean people. Chile was the first South American nation to have diplomatic ties with China 30 years ago and is now China's second largest trade partner in Latin America. The Chinese president said that China and Chile had scored remarkable progress in their cooperation in the political, economic and trade, cultural, scientific and technological and other areas over the past three decades. In particular, he said, the frequent high-level exchanges, fruitful economic cooperation and good cooperation in international affairs between the two countries in recent years have brought the Chinese-Chilean relationship to "the best period in its history." He said the Chinese government attached importance to its ties with Chile and regarded Chile as a reliable partner. He believed the visit "will be a successful one." Jiang's entourage included his wife Wang Yeping, Vice Premier Qian Qichen and his wife Zhou Hanqiong, Minister in charge of the State Development Planning Commission Zeng Peiyan, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi Guangsheng, Special Assistant Hua Jianmin, Vice Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Deputy Director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Director the Central Guard Bureau You Xigui and Deputy Director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee Wang Huning. **** Canadian PM Criticizes Bush's Attitude in Standoff with China Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien criticized US President George W. Bush's "cowboy-style attitude" in the current standoff with China, Canada's largest Toronto Star newspaper said Thursday. China still demands an official apology from the US for the collision between a US spy plane and a Chinese fighter near the Chinese coast. The Chinese fighter crashed and the pilot is still missing. The US EP-3 spy plane landed in China's Hainan island without permission. Toronto Star said Chretien made these remarks Wednesday after Bush demanded China release the 24 crew members of the spy plane. While insisting on the safe return of the crew members and the spy plane, US Secretary of State Colin Powell has expressed "regret" to China over the missing Chinese pilot. Chretien also warned members of parliament from his Liberal Party that the country is in for four very tough years dealing with Bush, the newspaper said. The prime minister told a closed-door meeting that he would play just as rough or rougher when it came to US energy needs, if Bush wants to play rough on issues such as Canadian potato and softwood lumber exports. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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