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WORLD NEWSThursday 15 October 2015
China-North Korea ties warm with Pyongyang visit EU expects Britain
to come up with
C. BODEEN cording to China’s official diplomatic gambits. visit has already discour- reform plans fast
Associated Press Xinhua News Agency. Kim did not respond di- aged a new provocation.
BEIJING (AP) — The two Kim, Xinhua said, respond- rectly, saying only that Weeks before Saturday’s RAF CASERT
men raised their clasped ed that Liu’s presence was North Korea wanted parade, comments in Associated Press
hands above their heads a sign of the “deep affec- peace and improved re- North Korean media had BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe-
like a pair of victorious ath- an Union leaders say they
letes, as international me- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, waves his hands with Chinese official Liu Yunshan during are increasingly frustrated
dia and tens of thousands that British Prime Minister
of North Koreans looked a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the North’s ruling party and trumpet Kim’s third- David Cameron has not
on. The gesture by North made concrete propos-
Korean leader Kim Jong generation leadership in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) als on reform of the bloc
Un and a top Chinese of- despite all Britain’s talk
ficial during a high-profile tion” between the sides lations with SouthKorea to led some analysts to sus- of possibly leaving un-
celebration in Pyong- less there is fundamental
yang seemed designed to and a “great encourage- build its economy and pect the North planned to change.
scotch appearances that On the eve of a summit
their countries have been ment” to the North. improve quality of life. mark the party anniversary of EU leaders where the is-
drifting apart. “I believe this visit will play North Korea has repeated- with a satellite launch that sue is expected to be only
Now the big question: Will a major role in transmit- ly said it has no intention of would have been viewed lightly touched upon, EU-
warmer relations with Chi- Commission President
na moderate the North’s ting the North Korea-China giving up its limited nuclear internationally as an il- Jean-Claude Juncker
provocative and unpre- told the EU Parliament
dictable behavior, seen by friendship and developing weapons capability. legal test of long-range- Wednesday that “I can’t
many as the biggest threat say that huge progress
to peace and security in bilateral relations,” Kim was “I think this is a gradual res- missile technology. With has been achieved.”
northeast Asia? quoted as saying. toration of a sense of nor- no launch occurring, some Juncker insisted he
Liu Yunshan, the ruling Liu closed his remarks by malcy between the two now speculate that Liu’s wants Britain to remain
Communist Party’s fifth- in the EU but added that
ranked official, was Kim’s reiterating China’s hopes countries,” said Jingdong presence in Pyongyang “to tango, it takes two. So
most prominent foreign we have to dance, and
guest at Saturday’s mili- for a resumption of six-na- Yuan, a specialist on Asia- was a deterrent. our British friends have to
tary parade and mass rally tion talks on ending North- Pacific security at Austra- Given the extreme insu- dance.”
marking the 70th anniver- Korea’s nuclear weap- lia’s University of Sydney. larity of the relationship Cameron set out in May to
sary of the founding of the change the way the EU is
Worker’s Party of Korea. Liu ons programs, something “Bilateral relations have re- — and uncertainty about run and wants to cut the
and Kim shook hands and EU’s political powers over
raised their arms together Pyongyang has refused ally been strained to some the extent of Chinese influ- member states. He plans
on the balcony of the pa- to hold a national vote
latial People’s Grand Study to do since they bogged extent because of North ence over the North — it’s before the end of 2017
House. down in 2009, stifling one Korean provocations.” always difficult to assess on whether Britain should
The evening before, the of Beijing’s more successful It’s conceivable that Liu’s the true state of relations. leave theEU — a possibil-
two had met at a state ity that has come to be
guesthouse where Liu known as a Brexit.
handed Kim a personal let- Ahead of Thursday’s sum-
ter from Chinese President mit, Cameron and Junck-
Xi Jinping renewing the tra- er will have lunch together
ditional friendship between as part of a grand tour by
the communist neighbors the British leader to Euro-
and stating China’s desire pean capitals to feel out
to further develop ties, ac- what reforms could be put
on the table.
Turkey detains 2 for tweets in connection to blasts The EU institutions and sev-
eral member states want
SUZAN FRASER ers’ Party, or PKK, which is on Wednesday. pressed skepticism about to forge ahead and are
Associated Press fighting Turkey’s security He has said that the main claims of the PKK’s in- eagerly awaiting for Brit-
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — forces. focus of the investigation volvement, given that the ain comes up with its de-
Turkish police have de- Authorities were trying to into the blasts is the Is- attack targeted Kurdish mands, so it is clear to ev-
tained two people who determine whether they lamic State group. He said activists. eryone where any reform
sent tweets suggesting had prior knowledge Wednesday that the PKK Turkish authorities on should be, said one dip-
there could be a bomb in about the attacks or links were also under suspicion. Wednesday imposed a lomat from an EUnation,
Ankara a day before twin to the bombers, the of- “As the investigation ban on reporting on the who spoke on condition
suicide bombings killed ficial said. He spoke on deepens, and based es- details of the investiga- of anonymity because
99 people gathering for a condition of anonymity pecially on certain re- tion. The suicide bomb- talks were set for Thursday.
peace rally, officials said in line with government sults we have obtained ings struck at the heart Britain wants to touch on
Wednesday. rules that bar officials from through Twitter accounts of the capital just weeks fundamental social and
The two suspects were speaking to journalists and IP addresses, we can before Turkey holds a na- financial legislation and
detained after Twitter without authorization. see that both Daesh (IS) tional election on Nov. 1, agreements between
provided information on Prime Minister Ahmet Da- and the PKK are groups following an inconclusive member states and make
users of the accounts, a vutoglu raised the death that are likely to have election in June and after sure nations regain more
government official said, toll in the attacks to 99 played an active role,” a summer of violence that autonomous decision-
adding that the two have from the previous 97, dur- Davutoglu said. has claimed hundreds of making at the expense
ties to the Kurdistan Work- ing a television interview Analysts, however, ex- lives.q of EU institutions.q