21.   Fiji officially supports a One China policy and is about to open an embassy in Beijing.

22.   German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder defended the move Saturday, saying opening an embassy makes it easier to monitor human rights violations and arms programs.

23.   He also said Chechnya would open an embassy in Moscow.

24.   His comments came two weeks after German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that their countries planned to open embassies in Pyongyang.

25.   Information Minister Jawad Anani said Jordan and Israel would discuss formalities relating to exchanging diplomatic ties and opening embassies in an afternoon meeting Thursday.

26.   It has a strategic point but we hope to later open embassies in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam.

27.   Israeli Ambassador David Sasson opened the embassy by placing a traditional piece of parchment with a religious text next to the doorpost.

28.   It said the embassy was opened Thursday and will help oversee a trade pact signed by the two countries last year.

29.   Japan is about to open an embassy in Slovakia for the first time, the Foreign Ministry announced Monday.

30.   Kuwait to open embassy in Manila.