Mondav. October 1. 1990/ University Daily Kansan
Soviets establish ties with Israel, South Korea
Relations to end 23-year breach with Israel Announcement seen as a blow to North Korea
The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS — Israel and the Soviet Union announced yesterday that they would open consulates in countries after a 23-year break in their ties.
The decision, announced after a meeting between 'Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy and his Soviet counterpart, Edward Sheard斯德兰朵, represented a major step in restoring relations that were severed after the war.
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Consular relations are a level
below full diplomatic relations.
The two ministers also told reporters at the United Nations that they intend to start meeting regularly and
that their foreign ministries will be in regular contact.
The Kremlin broke ties with Israel after the 1967 war, during which Israel seized territory from Mossad and the Syrians Syria and Egypt, and from Jordan.
The two countries began renewing their contacts in 1987, when the Soviets posted a delegation in Tel Aviv that operated through the Finnish Embassy. A year later, Israel established a low-level mission in Moscow operating through the Netherlands Embassy.
Asked about word from Israeli officials that Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev had authorized
direct flights between the Soviet Union and Israel, Shevardnadez said that was a complicated issue to be discussed further.
A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir announced in Jerusalem on Saturday that the flights would begin in a month. They were expected to accelerate the emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel.
Levy and Shewardnadze met for an hour in the chambers of the U.N. Security Council president, the rotating member of the United Nations for the month of September.
The two leaders arrived separately. They emerged after the meeting, shaking hands and smiling.
The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS — The Soviets, Union and South Korea established full diplomatic relations yesterday in what was seen as a major victory for the Seoul government and a deva- netback for Communist North Korea.
The Soviet Union has been a major ally and arms provider for North Korea.
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardanade and his South Korean counterpart, Choi Ho-jong, signed a letter of condolence to the families and issued a joint commemoration.
Choi said that both sides had agreed to an exchange of high-level
visits, possibly by heads of state, but that no date was set.
"We believe that establishing diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and South Korea will aid the cause of stability in Asia and the Pacific region." Shewardnade told reporters. He called South Korea an important factor for peace in the region.
Shevardnadze said that improved relations with South Korea would not adversely affect Soviet relations with any other state.
There was no immediate comment from North Korean diplomats at the United Nations. The move was widely seen as a diplomatic blow to
Pyongyang, which has become increasingly isolated amid the recent trends elsewhere toward democracy and liberalization.
South Korea has long been pushing for ties with the Soviet Union, and Moscow has been eager for enhanced trade and economic cooperation to help bolster the sinking Soviet economy.
Moscow and Seoul have signed agreements on trade, economic investments, transfer of technology and other areas of cooperation. Bila-castle was $600 million in 1980 and is expected to reach $1 billion this year.
Size of U.S. deployment in gulf clearer
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — In the first days after President Bush ordered U.S. troops into the Persian Gulf, Washington was awash with speculation about the size of the deployment: 10,000 troops. 50,000.
Now, with Operation Desert Shield in its ninth week, the magnitude of the U.S. military buildup is clear: roughly 165,000-plus soldiers, sailors and airmen; 420 warplanes; 50 warships. And it's still growing.
Even with this formidable presence, military analysts say it will be a few weeks more before the Pentagon has arrayed enough heavy armor
to launch a successful ground offensive against Iraq.
Complicating the military equation is the continued buildup of Iraqi forces in Kuwait and southern Iraq.
"We're a long way from having any capability to do anything other than behave in a defensive way," said Jack Merritt, a retired Army general and former U.S. representative to the NATO Military Committee.
In ordering U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia on Aug. 7, Bush said that their mission was to deter an Iraqi attack on the desert kingdom.
Two U.S. pilots die in Saudi crash
The Associated Press
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia — Two U.S. Air Force pilots were killed yesterday when their F-15 fighter plane crashed during an exercise here, the U.S. military command reported.
They were the first Air Force personnel reported killed in Saudi Arabia since Operation Desert Shield began nearly two months ago. An F-16 crashed earlier, but the pilot was not hurt.
The F-15, assigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, was on a routine mission in the southern desert yesterday morning, officers said.
The pilots' names were withheld pending notification of relatives. A board of inquiry was assigned to investigate.
The crash brought the number of U.S. servicemen killed in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield to five.
Ukrainian nationalist groups march for greater autonomy
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of Ukrainian nationalists marched yesterday through Kiev, the republic's capital, calling for greater independence from the central government in Moscow.
"Mother Moscow: We want to be orphans," declared a banner held aloft by cheering protesters as they made their way to the city's main street, the Kreshchatik.
The Ukraine is one of 13 Soviet republics that has taken steps toward greater autonomy from Moscow. The only one that has declared immediate independence is Lithuania.
The Ukraine is the second-largest Soviet republic, after Russia, and is a key grain-growing area. Its parliament has declared sovereignty from Moscow and claims the right to overrule national laws.
But nationalist groups want it to go further and take rapid moves toward secession.
Yesterday, Interior Ministry troops in armored personnel carriers and riot police wearing bullet proof vests guarded key buildings and intersections, but the march was peaceful.
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