21.   The agreement aims at easing tensions between the two neighbors.

22.   The agreement aims for a progressive, mutual opening of markets.

23.   The agreement aims to ensure that investigations into breaches of securities laws are not stymied by jurisdictional difficulties associated with cross-border enforcement, the ASC said.

24.   The agreement aims to promote industrial development, targeting the areas of telecommunications, applied research, aviation, marine science and engineering.

25.   The agreement aims to set up a Western-style dispute settlement system by arbitration, similar to the process in the World Trade Organization.

26.   The agreement aims to conserve fish stocks, which have become depleted worldwide.

27.   The agreement aims to increase the exchange of information about drug smuggling, money laundering, organized crime, chemical derivatives and the illegal weapons trade.

28.   The agreement aims to stimulate trade, investment and other economic cooperation by eliminating tariffs and giving visa-free status to government officials and businesspeople.

29.   The agreement also aims to improve telecommunications in isolated, disaster prone areas.

30.   The human rights agreement aims to ease the burden of the armed conflict, particularly on children, women and the elderly.