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Spanish Leader
Cancels Tour Plans
Bonn (JTA) — Prime Min-
ister Felipe Gonzalez Mar-
quez of Spain apparently has
canceled plans to visit Israel
this fall, officials in Madrid
confirmed over the weekend.
He acted contrary to the
advice of his foreign min-
ister, Francisco Fernandez
Ordonez, sources there said.
The unexpected change of
plans is the first serious
break in the smooth pace at
which Spain's relations with
Israel have progressed since
Madrid established full dip-
lomatic ties with the Jewish
state early in 1986.
The visit was officially an-
nounced in Madrid and in
Jerusalem when Israeli For-
eign Minister David Levy
visited Spain in July.
But Mr. Gonzalez's heavy
schedule, combined with
unease over political devel-
opments in the Middle East,
made it inappropriate at this
time, Spanish officials said.
Although Mr. Ordonez
urged him to stick to his
original plans, the prime
minister was advised by ex-
perts that a trip to Israel
now would be harmful to
Spain's relations with the
Arab states.
That was because Israel is
seen here to be dragging its
feet on the Middle East
peace conference the United
States and Soviet Union
hope to convene by Oct. 31.
Mr. Ordonez himself flew
to the Middle East last week,
on behalf of the European
Community, to try to shore
up flagging Arab enthusi-
asm for the conference.
His itinerary includes Jor-
dan, Syria and Iraq, but not
Israel. Diplomatic sources
said he would try to per-
suade the Syrians to attend
the regional phase of the
planned peace conference.
Damascus reportedly ad-
vised the United States last
week that it has decided not
to attend the parallel
multinational talks with
Israel on such regional prob-
lems as water resources,
economic development and
security issues.
Those talks were intended
to take place while Israel
was engaged in direct
bilateral peace negotiations
with individual Arab states
and the Palestinians
American and European
diplomats fear that if the
Syrians demur on that
phase, Israel might refuse to
attend the conference entire-
ly.
Mr. Ordonez is also ex-
pected to stress to the Arabs
that the E.C. countries
would be ready to back up
any progress toward peace
with massive economic as-
sistance to the entire region.
Meanwhile, although Mr.
Gonzalez's trip to Israel
could be rescheduled, its
cancellation for the time be-
ing almost certainly means
that King Juan Carlos will
not make a state visit to
Israel next year.
Spain had intimated to
Israel when Mr. Levy was
here that the king would
visit Jerusalem at the end of
March 1992. The royal visit
was to be symbolic of Spain's
reconciliation with the Jews
500 years after it expelled
them.
Last week in New York,
accepting an award for
tolerance from the Elie
Wiesel Foundation for Hu-
The prime minister
was advised by
experts that a trip
to Israel now
would be harmful
to Spain's relations
with the Arab
states.
manity, the Spanish monar-
ch failed to mention Jews at
all, in his address to an au-
dience that included opera
stars, royalty and Jewish
leaders who had come from
Madrid and Barcelona espe-
cially for the occasion.
Another symbol that
seems to have gone sour is
the projected Israeli pavilion
at Expo '92, the interna-
tional exposition to be held
in Seville next year to mark
the 500th anniversary of
Columbus' first voyage of -
discovery.
The Israelis delayed star-
ting its construction for fi-
nancial reasons. Now legal
and practical problems have
arisen which make Israel's
participation in Expo '92 all
but impossible.
The Israelis have not met
several deadlines for presen-
ting their plans and com-
pleting major construction
work on the exposition
grounds
Another snag is the
lawsuit brought against the
Israeli government by the
architect hired to design the
pavilion, for dropping his
plans when it seemed that
he might have received
preferential treatment.