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| Israel pressures China to back Tehran sanctions |
| 2010-04-05 |
| Israel will send its most senior military strategist to China this week to convince Beijing that it is serious about plans to bomb nuclear facilities in Iran if international sanctions fail to curb Tehran's development of atomic weapons. Major-General Amir Eshel, who heads the Israeli army's planning directorate, will fly to Beijing this week. Eshel, an air force pilot, will warn China of the international consequences of military action, particularly the potential disruption to oil supplies on which much of China's manufacturing and international trade depend. Tougher sanctions, he will argue, are the lesser of two evils. Last month Major-General Amos Yadlin, the head of Israeli military intelligence, was dispatched to Beijing with the latest information about Iran's progress towards making a nuclear device, which some experts believe could be achieved later this year. “Yadlin was given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personal permission to release Mossad's latest evidence about Iran's progress towards testing nuclear warheads, enriching uranium and adopting their Shahab missiles to carry nuclear warheads,' said a source. In a move described as “incredibly rare', China sent a general to Tel Aviv last week to inspect the Israeli air force's strike capabilities. Military relations between the two countries have been strained since a deal to export Israeli-built early warning aircraft to China collapsed under American pressure in 2000. Saudi Arabia, the biggest supplier of crude oil to China, recently promised to supply all the oil it needs at a cheaper rate than Iran in return for supporting sanctions. |
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