TNAG-2496-FCO40-3632-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Macao-(Macau)-1992 — Page 209

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG, JLG HONG KONG, MADRID feraity in HIS

INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, TOKYO, UKREP BRUSSELS

INFO ROUTINE OTHER EC POSTS, UKMIS NEW YORK INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, MOSCOW, ACTOR

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LI PENG'S VISIT TO PORTUGAL, 2-4 FEBRUARY

SUMMARY

1.

HIGH LEVEL TREATMENT FOR LI PENG AND SIGNATURE OF A BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT PROTECTION, BUT QUESTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DOMINATES PRESS COVERAGE OF VISIT AND CHINESE PRIME MINISTER MADE TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.

DETAIL

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CHINESE PRIME MINISTER LI PENG VISITED PORTUGUAL FROM 2-4

FEBRUARY. HE HAD A MORNING OF TALKS AND A DINNER WITH PRIME MINISTER CAVACO SILVA, A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE LEADERS OF THE VARIOUS PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS, AND A DINNER HOSTED BY PRESIDENT SOARES ON HIS LAST EVENING IN LISBON. THE PRESIDENT OF THE AIP (PORTUGUESE EMPLOYERS' ORGANISATION), THE GOVERNOR OF MACAU AND EX-PRESIDENT RAMALHO EANES ALSO CALLED ON HIM.

3.

THE TWO SIDES SIGNED AN AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT PROTECTION, TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT ONCE THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HAS LIFTED SANCTIONS. THE CHINESE SPOKESMAN WAS KEEN TO EMPHASISE AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE THE SIZE OF THE CHINESE MARKET AND THE FACT THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING QUOTE RECENT REVERSES UNQUOTE, THE EC REMAINED CHINA'S SECOND LARGEST TRADING PARTNER. CAVACO, FOR HIS PART, IS SAID TO HAVE LINKED THE POSSIBILITY OF GREATER COMMUNITY OPENNESS WITH CHINESE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS.

THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION OF MACAU. LI PENG CONFIRMED TO EANES THAT THE QUESTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY WAS STILL OPEN, THOUGH HE POINTED OUT THAT A RECENT POLL CONDUCTED IN MACAU BY THE CHINESE SUGGESTED THAT HALF THE POPULATION SUPPORTED ITS

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