91.   Only Russia and China out of the five permanent UN Security Council members have kept open their embassies in Baghdad.

92.   Pakistan also formally opened its embassy Monday after its closure in November when the Taliban regime that it supported was chased out of the Afghan capital by opposition forces.

93.   Spain was the first EU country to open an embassy in Windhoek after Namibia became independent.

94.   Slezevicius announced that Vilnius would soon open an embassy in Israel and signed agreements for cultural exchanges and for investment protection.

95.   Sudan had since opened an embassy in Pretoria while South Africa had yet to open an embassy in Khartoum, he added.

96.   Taipei opened an embassy, and kept it open during the carnage of the early stages of the war.

97.   The Croation embassy was opened here in April.

98.   The former Soviet republic of Tajikistan in Central Asia opened an embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara Monday.

99.   The Croatian embassy was opened here in April.

100.   The government has decided to open the embassy in Guatemala City on the strength of agreements made in the Guatemalan peace process, the ministry said.