BPR Mailing List Digest: 04/16/00

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April 16, 2000

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Subject: [BPR] - China and Arafat
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 09:31:41 -0400

Arafat asks for Chinese envoy for Middle East peace process

April 15, 2000
Web posted at: 8:58 p.m. EDT (0058 GMT)

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Palestinian President Yasser Arafat asked
visiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Saturday to appoint a permanent
envoy to the Middle East peace process to help with negotiations.

Jiang, in response, was careful to balance his country's long relationship
with the Palestinian Liberation Organization and China's growing links
with Israel.

"Today we asked for a permanent Chinese presence, including naming a
permanent envoy to the peace process," Palestinian Minister Nabil Shaath
told reporters after the leaders met in Bethlehem.

"China has strong relations with Israel now," said Shaath, "and I believe
it is in their interest and our interest that they play a role in
advancing the peace process."

http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/04/15/china.palestinians/index.html
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Standing By Arafat

Chinese Leader Expresses Support for Middle East Talks

By Samar Assad
The Associated Press

B E T H L E H E M, West Bank, April 15 — Israel and the Palestinians must
be “flexible and realistic” in peace talks, and China is ready to help in
any way it can, Chinese President Jiang Zemin said today after meeting
with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Jiang´s one-day visit to the Palestinian areas marked an important
diplomatic achievement for Arafat, who has said he would declare
independence this year.

In a gesture to the Palestinians, Jiang said an Israeli-Palestinian treaty
should be based on U.N. resolutions stipulating an Israeli withdrawal from
war-won land, and pledged Chinese support for the Palestinians “in all
international forums and in the United Nations.” China is a permanent
member of the U.N. Security Council.

“China was oppressed by [foreign] powers, and we know the feeling of
wanting freedom,” Jiang said in a joint news conference with Arafat at his
presidential palace in Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus.

Jiang´s remarks in Chinese were translated into Arabic by a member of his
delegation.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/israel_pal_china_0004
15.html

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Subject: [BPR] - Dalai Lama keen to accept invite to visit Taiwan
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 09:34:21 -0400

Dalai Lama keen to accept invite to visit Taiwan

NEW DELHI, April 11 (AFP) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama,
indicated Tuesday that he would accept an invitation to visit Taiwan next
month, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.

"I want another visit," PTI quoted the Dalai Lama as saying in the southern
city of Bangalore.

"I want to see (the inauguration) of the new leader," he said, adding that like
his last trip to Taiwan in 1997, the visit would be "mainly spiritual in nature."

Taiwan's president-elect Chen Shui-bian, defying China's warnings, has said
he would invite the Dalai Lama to his May 20 inauguration.

Chen narrowly won the March 18 election to become Taiwan's first opposition
president, stripping the nationalist Kuomintang party of its half-century grip
on power.

The April 5 announcement that the Dalai Lama would be invited came a day
after China warned against the exiled Tibetan leader's attendance at Chen's
swearing-in.

"The Dalai Lama has long been engaged in activities aimed at splitting the
motherland. His political purpose for visiting Taiwan is quite obvious,"
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said.

"We are opposed to any attempt by any person to conduct political activities
to split the motherland and undermine national harmony by whatever
means," Sun said.

Sun reiterated that China regards Taiwan and Tibet as inalienable parts of
Chinese territory.

Beijing has vowed to use force against the island if Taipei drags on
reunification talks or declares independence.

During his historic visit to Taiwan in 1997, when the Dalai Lama met
President Lee Teng-hui, Beijing heaped vitriol on the meeting, saying it was
part of a concerted effort to split Taiwan and Tibet from China.

The Tibetan leader cancelled a second trip to Taiwan in 1998 due to strong
opposition from China.

The Dalai Lama fled Tibet after an aborted uprising in 1959 and established a
government in exile in the north Indian hill resort of Dharamsala.

Beijing has called on the Dalai Lama to publicy declare Taiwan an inalienable
part of China as one pre-condition to resuming a frozen dialogue on Tibet's
future.

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Subject: [BPR] - Japan grants visa for Dalai Lama
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 09:35:35 -0400

Japan grants visa for Dalai Lama

TOKYO, April 11 (AFP) - Japan has decided to grant a visa for Tibetan
spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who is scheduled to visit here from April 13 to
18, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

"The government has given approval for the issuance of a visa for the Dalai
Lama," a ministry official said.

The Dalai Lama, visiting at the invitation of a Buddhist college, will give
lectures during his stay, a representative for the Dalai Lama in Japan said.

His visit is expected to infuriate China as Beijing warned Tokyo in February
that bilateral relations could suffer if the exiled Tibetan leader proceeds with a
planned trip to Japan.

The Dalai Lama has lived in exile in northern India since he fled Tibet in 1959
after China brutally suppressed an uprising against Chinese rule.

Since then he has been an outspoken critic of China's human rights record in
Tibet and has sought autonomy for the region. In response, Beijing has tried
to isolate him.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki had said the visa would be handled in
due process of law.

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Subject: [BPR] - Pope welcomes Moroccan king as descendant of Islam's founder
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 09:38:58 -0400

Pope welcomes Moroccan king as descendant of Islam's founder

VATICAN CITY, April 13 (AFP) - Pope John Paul II on Thursday welcomed
King Mohammed VI of Morocco to the Vatican as the descendant of
Mohammed, the Arab prophet and founder of Islam.

"You must be the descendant of the prophet Mohammed?" the pope said,
shaking hands with the monarch at the entrance to the Vatican's private
library.

"Yes, Holy Father," Mohammed VI replied with a smile.

No official statement was made on the content of the 30-minute meeting
which included a 15-minute one-to-one.

But church sources said the Middle East peace process, the status of
Jerusalem and cooperation between Christians and Muslims were at the
center of their talk.

The monarch offered the pope a scimitar, the traditional Arab dagger. The
pope reciprocated with a statue of the Virgin Mary.

Mohammed's visit to the Vatican was the second by a Moroccan king, after
his late father Hassan's in 1991. During a visit to Morocco in 1985, John Paul
II, for the first time, spoke to thousands of Muslim youths in Casablanca.

Mohammed VI arrived in Italy Tuesday for a two-day visit, focusing mainly on
economic cooperation.

The two countries signed an agreement converting Morocco's total debt to
Italy into aid loans. Rabat owes Rome some 100 million dollars (105 million
euros).

Under the accord -- the first of its kind under which Rome wipes out a third
party's debt -- Morocco will provide resources in its own currency to help
develop its infrastructure and environment.

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Subject: [BPR] - (Fwd) Date for the Pesach Sacrifice
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 17:04:46 -0400

------- Forwarded message follows -------
Date forwarded: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 12:20:11 -0400
Date sent: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:23:51 +0300
To: tmf-list@templemountfaithful.org
From: Temple Mount Faithfull <gershon@templemountfaithful.org>
Subject: Date for the Pesach Sacrifice
Forwarded by: tmf-list@lists2.inet-images.com

Dear Friend,

There was an error in our last email to you. The Pesach Sacrifice will be
held on Wednesday 19th April 2000.

We appologise for this typographical error.

Regards from Jerusalem,

Gershon Salomon
Chairman

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