European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 25, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 mexican Leader Hopes to rebuild . Ties Mexico City a president elect Carlos Salinas de Gortari says he Hopes to strengthen Mexico s relations with the United states which have soured Over drug trafficking illegal immigration and political differences about Central America. Salinas de Gortari also wants to expand economic ties with Western Europe and Asia after he begins his six year term dec. 1. The president elect is from the institutional revolutionary party which has governed Mexico since 1929. In Asia he is setting his sights on China and to a much greater extent on Japan with which Mexico already has Strong ties in Trade and economic cooperation. In particular much More ambitious schemes of cooperation and technological commercial and financial Exchange must be proposed with Japan with whom we have exceptional opportunities for comple mentation in the development of our economies he said recently. Although never smooth relations be tween Mexico and the United states reached their lowest Point in decades under the six year term of president Miguel de la Madrid. The latest diplomatic incident occurred in june when Mexico ignored an american request for the extradition of puerto rican separatist William mor ales by releasing him from jail and Al lowing him to Fly to Cuba. The United states called the action an inexplicable affront and called Ambas Sador Charles Pilliod or. Back to Washington for consultations a gesture interpreted As showing great displeasure in diplomatic practice. Earlier in de la Madrid s term then ambassador John Gavin expressed clearly . Displeasure Over the investigation of the 1985 Kidnap slaying of drug enforcement administration special agent Enrique Camarena Salazar in Guadalajara. Washington said mexican authorities were going too slow. Other irritants in relations have been an uneasy Friendship Miguel de la Madrid a file photo president Reagan a file photo some of the main disputes Between the United states and Mexico during the Reagan and de la Madrid Era Mexico allowed a wanted puerto rican separatist William Morales to Fly to Cuba in june 1988 an inexplicable affront to the United states. Mexican authorities investigation of drug enforcement administration special agent Enrique Camarena Salazar s kid Nap slaying in 1985 dragged on too Long for the Reagan administration. Mexico continued to support Nicara Gua s leftist government while the Rea Gan administration was throwing its Money and backing behind the Contra re Bels fight to overthrow sandinista. Illegal immigrants from Mexico continue to flood across the Border into the United states creating major strains on the . Social and economic systems. Mexico s insistence on favourable terms for paying off its massive foreign debt put major strains on . Banks . Patience. Mexican Trade officials accused the United states of erecting Trade barriers to bar mexican imports. Mexico s support of Nicaragua s leftist ments and alleged . Trade barriers to sandinista government its refusal to importing mexican goods consider the Central american conflict a t. ,. ,. Result of the East West crisis mexican in speeches and interviews during the illegal immigration to the United states Campaign Salinas stressed the need to terms for mexican foreign debt pay mend fences. Due to geography history and the wide scope of contacts Between both a ti9ns, relations with the United slates will continue to be of great importance in our foreign policy he said in one speech. For a Start he has been playing Down Mexico s support of Central american leftists expressing Hope that the Central americans will be Able to solve their own problems peacefully. He also has adopted a tougher attitude toward drug trafficking calling it a threat to our National Security and promising to do More to fight it. On the debt illegal aliens and other problems Salinas has been urging serious negotiations. The United sates is Mexico s principal trading partner and Mexico is the United states third after Canada and Japan. Beyond our commercial financial and tourist exchanges there exists a huge network of contacts a Cross Border flow of persons ideas goods and services that seem to have an existence in them selves and Are beyond the reach of our institutions Salinas said. He added we derive Mutual benefits from these contacts but we also share the problems that Stem from them. We shall give impetus As i have said to the intensification of Pur economic and tech Nical links on a bilateral basis under the principle of promoting More Friendly re  Salinas says Mexico will not take part in a North american common Market which the United states and Canada Are trying to build. Instead he says Mexico will take part in efforts to achieve latin american economic integration and intensify economic and other ties with Canada the Pacific Basin and Western Europe. Salinas says the fact that a majority of latin America s countries now have elected civilian governments compared to a decade ago when they were ruled mostly by rightist military regimes is a Good sign for the achievement of eco nomic integration and to the building of a real latin american  demonstrators link up to protest seals death Westerland West Germany a demonstrators formed a 24-mile-Long human Chain on the Island of Sylt sunday to protest North sea pollution and the mysterious death of thousands of seals. Under the motto let our North sea live demonstrations were also held along the Western coast of West Germany s Northern state Schleswig Holstein. A human Chain stretched from Sylt s Northern Community of list to Hornum on the Southern tip. Organizers said there were Only two interruptions of 200 Yards each in the Chain. Following the Sylt demonstration Schleswig Holstein environment minister Berndt Heydemann gave a speech in Sylt s main resort of Westerland Call ing for stepped up efforts to protect the North sea. Westerland mayor Volker Hoppe addressed the crowd calling pollution of the North sea a threaten ing situation we can no longer  environmentalists maintain pollution is responsible for a virus that has caused the deaths of More than 15,000 seals in the coastal Waters of Denmark swe Den West Germany and the Netherlands. However Many scientists say they Are sceptical of that theory since the Waters where Many seals have died Are relatively pollution free. Another theory is that the seals health was weak ened by overpopulation and they were rendered vulnerable to the fatal virus. Experts predict that the death count will Rise since there is no Way of stopping the virus from spreading. The problem first emerged in april when dead har Bor seals were found off Denmark. Since then the virus reached As far South As the Netherlands. More than 1,000 seals have died in West Germany s North sea coastal Waters alone. Experts say the seals die within two Days of being infected. Sunday s Chain was organized by the German association for the Protection of animals and other environmental groups. Demonstrators form a Chain on Sylt to protest the death of 3,000 seals in the North sea this year. A photo