Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Germany drops sanctions, normalizes China relations Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 15:19:55 EST Message-ID: \SE A;WORLD \SS (WS) \HD Germany drops sanctions, normalizes China relations \BY ASSOCIATED PRESS \DT BEIJING BEIJING (AP) - German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel declared relations with China normalized yesterday, ending three years of coolness after the bloody crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democracy movement. Germany, as other Western countries, imposed sanctions on China after the June 1989 army attack on the demonstrators in Beijing. Aid and high-level official visits were suspended. The sanctions largely have been dropped, but German Chancellor Helmut Kohl told Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen in March in Bonn that a "visible change in Chinese human rights policies" was necessary for a full return to normal relations. Mr. Kinkel refused to spell out at a news conference ending a three-day visit to Beijing why Germany had dropped that condition. But he emphasized China's economic dynamism and the size of its domestic market as well as Germany's desire to reverse its trade deficit with China. "After this visit has been concluded, we can take it that relations are normal," Mr. Kinkel said. "Both sides have the intention to look forward." He said he discussed human rights with Mr. Qian and Prime Minister Li Peng but refused to give any details of what they said on the subject. He said quiet diplomacy was more effective than "making a lot of noise about what one does." This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM