Israel And China
Reach Agreements

Jerusalem (JTA) — Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin's
historic trip to China, in-
tended to strengthen diplo-
matic ties and to enhance
China's role in the Middle
East, has already yielded
several joint economic
agreements.
Mr. Rabin's five-day visit,
the first ever to Beijing by
an Israeli prime minister,
included a meeting with
Chinese Premier Li Peng.
The trip comes a month after
a visit to China by Palestine
Liberation Organization
Chairman Yassir Arafat.
Mr. Rabin flew to Beijing
aboard a special Israeli air
force jet. He was scheduled
to hold talks with govern-
ment leaders and to discuss
the latest advances in the
regional peace talks at
Shanghai University before
returning home.
Mr. Rabin was expected to
press China not to sell arms
to Iran. But a Chinese For-
eign Ministry spokesman
said the question did not
arise during Mr. Rabin's
private meeting with Li,
which focused on the Israel-
PLO peace accord.
The spokesman, according
to Israel Radio, defended
what he called China's
"principled arms exports,"
which he said were made
solely for the self-defense of
the countries involved. He
further defended China's
arms exports, saying they
"contributed to regional
stability."
During the meeting, Mr.
Rabin reportedly briefed Li
on the danger of Islamic
fundamentalist groups who
have vowed to derail the
peace process.
The Chinese Foreign Min-
istry spokesman said Li
viewed the Israeli-PLO ac-
cord signed last month in
Washington as a
breakthrough. Li had told
Mr. Rabin that his country
would do what it could to
support the Middle East
peace process, but that its
role was limited.
Mr. Rabin's visit included
an official welcoming
ceremony in Tiananmen
Square that featured a 19-
gun salute and the playing
of the two countries' nation-
al anthems. Mr. Rabin's trip
was also scheduled to in-
clude a visit to the Great
Wall. Israel and China
signed a series of bilateral
commercial agreements in-

tended to strengthen ties
between the two countries.
The first agreement signed
by Mr. Rabin after his
meeting with the Chinese
premier was an aviation
pact that made formal the
present arrangement under
which El Al, for the past 14
months, has been flying
weekly charter flights bet-
ween Beijing and Ben-
'v Gurion Airport in Israel.
Air China is soon to start
its own charter flights bet-
ween the two countries.
Under the agreement, El
Al will be able to fly to other
cities in China in addition to
Beijing. El Al will also be
able to use Beijing as a
stopover point for flights to
other destinations in the Far
East, such as Tokyo and
Bangkok, Thailand.
Under the terms of a se-
cond agreement, the Israeli
government-owned Dead
Sea Industries will establish
a potash plant in China.
The $470 million plant
will be built in the Shansi
province on the Chinese
border with Tibet. The
Chinese government will
hold a two-thirds interest in
the jointly sponsored project.
About 50 employees of
Dead Sea Industries will be
stationed in China during
the planning and construc-
tion phases of the plant.
Some 500 Israeli engineers
and technicians will also
work on the project.

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