101.   Romania and Ukraine have approved a friendship treaty that signals an end to a long-standing dispute on territorial issues and minority rights, official sources said here Saturday.

102.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin is due to visit the Ukrainian capital at the end of March to sign a friendship treaty.

103.   Some diplomats said Romania and Slovenia, which have each signed friendship treaties with Hungary, might be among the first to join.

104.   The disagreement over the Black Sea fleet and over the status of Sevastopol has delayed the signing of a friendship treaty between Russia and Ukraine.

105.   The dispute has held up the signing of a friendship treaty between Moscow and Kiev.

106.   The dispute has delayed the signing of a friendship treaty between the two neighbours.