21.   President Boris Yeltsin met with his hard-line Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday to discuss bilateral ties and try to remove the problems clouding them.

22.   Russian, Iranian diplomats discuss bilateral ties,

23.   Rubin met with Communist Party chief Do Muoi to discuss economic ties between the two countries.

24.   The Argentinean president met Thursday with Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to discuss bilateral ties.

25.   The community, known regionally as Caricom, will also discuss improving ties with embargoed Cuba, Caricom trade official Faye Housty said Thursday.

26.   The Defense Ministry said Wednesday it would not discuss military ties with other countries.

27.   The Iraqi minister, Gen. Amer Rasheed, discussed commercial ties Saturday with Industry Minister Franck Borotra and scheduled talks with officials at the Foreign Ministry on Monday.

28.   The Omani and Israeli foreign ministers met over the weekend in Jordan to discuss normalizing ties between the two countries.

29.   The leaders later held two rounds of talks at Tishreen Palace, discussing bilateral ties and regional and international issues.

30.   The presidents of three African countries will visit Singapore this week to discuss ties among developing nations, a Singapore newspaper said Monday.