6 Friday, December 11, 1981
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Cheysson Pledges an End to Initiatives
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Facing reporters at a joint
press conference with
Cheysson just before the
French diplomat boarded
his plane at Ben-Gurion
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son's repeated assur-
ances that there would be
no more "European in-
itiatives in the affairs of
our region." There was
also agreement on the
central role of the Camp
David process, Shamir
added.
The two Ministers held
more than five hours of for-
mal talks during Cheys-
son's brief stay. Both men
pledged to strengthen trade
relations, encourage more
French investments in Is-
rael and to revive the long
dormant Joint Economic
Council. They also agreed to
expand cultural relations,
the sources said.
Shamir acknowledged
the differences over a solu-
tion of the Arab-Israeli con-
flict. Cheysson had re-
marked, during an official
dinner, that the Palesti-
nians had a right to a home-
land and sovereignty.
Shaniir repeated at the
press conference Israel's
view that the Palestinians
already had a "homeland"
— Jordan — and that the
problem was not
sovereignty but the 1.2 mill-
ion Palestinians on' the
West Bank and Gaza Strip
who live unwillingly under
Israeli rule.
According to. Israeli
sources, Cheysson told
Shamir at their meetings
that while he appreciates
the Israelis presentation of
their views, he believed that
the Israel-Arab conflict has
now become the Palestinian
problem which must be sol-
ved. In a radio interview,
Cheyson observed that Is-
rael, as a state in the region,
"should be sensitive to the
rights orother peoples in the
region." -
But in discussing the
areas where the two
countries differ sharply,
the French Foreign
Minister couched his re-
marks in warm, friendly
tones. At no time in his
public addresses did he
mention the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
The Venice declaration's
insistence that the PLO
must be" associated with
the Middle East peace
process was one reason
for its absolute rejection
by Israel.
Before his visit, Cheysson
said France was under pres-
sure to recognize the PLO as
the sole representative of
the Palestinians. He said
the PLO was one represen-
tative but not the only one.
Cheysson also pledged
that if Israel were ever at-
tacked, France would stand
by her. He noted that in
Europe there had been
long-standing conflicts be-
tween France and Britain or
between France and Ger-
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Cheysson, who has wide-
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told Foreign Minister Yit-
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to tell President Francois
Mitterrand that the Is-
raeli government and
people were preparing an
especially warm welcome
for him when he makes his
state visit Feb. 10. The date
was set during Cheysson's
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by mutual cooperation. He
hoped that in the Middle
East too, dialogue, modera-
tion and mutual recognition
would be the path to a set-
tlement.
Cheysson further pleased
his hosts when in the course
of their working sessions, he
spoke of the need for Israel
to negotiate with the
"states" of the region, im-
plying that the PLO was not
on an equal footing in this
respect. He agreed with
Shamir that the peace pi
cess must continue. But he
did not agree with his glow-
ing account of progress in
the autonomy talks with
Egypt.
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Israeli officials added
that Cheysson had been
"very optimistic" and had
said it "should not be dif-
ficult now" for Israel to
renew its ties with Africa.
The officials were
sharply critical of the
publicity that had at-
tached to Israel Defense
Minister Ariel Sharon's
recent secret swing
through a number of Af-
rican countries. This
publicity had been
"damaging" and was "a
bad thing," the official
said. They hoped that the
desire of several African
states to restore full ties
with Israel would "over-
come their fears which
we caused or_ com-
pounded by this public-
ity."
The officials noted that
Foreign Minister Yitzhak
Shamir had met with six
African foreign ministers
during the UN General As-
sembly, but at their request
had made sure that no word
of the meeting leaked out.
Pledge Sought
on U.S.-Israel
Relationship
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Shirnon Peres, chairman of
Israel's opposition Labor
Party, said he told Secret-
ary of State Alexander Haig
fast week that Israel doe.
not want to "harass" U.S.
relations with Saudi Arabia
but wants to be assured that
they will not be at the ex-
pense of U.S. relations with
Israel.
Peres told reporters after
a more than 30-minute
meeting with Haig that he
also stressed that the U.S.-
Saudi relationship should
contribute toward peace in
the Middle East. Before
coming to the State De-
partment, Peres met with
Vice President George
Bush.