31.   Peres has maintained cordial relations with Arafat.

32.   A conservative and a member of the communist-allied Agrarian Party, Rybkin maintains cordial relations across the political spectrum.

33.   Arafat attended the funeral of Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus last year and was hoping to forge more cordial relations with his son and successor, Bashar Assad.

34.   As the two groups discussed issues ranging from crisis solving to personal family matters, cordial relations developed between them, he said.

35.   As the two groups discussed issues ranging from crisis solving to family matters, cordial relations developed, he said.

36.   But a series of disputes stacked on the backburner are now driving a wedge into what had been cordial relations.

37.   But he said his overriding mission was to demonstrate the U.S.-Chinese relationship was maturing to a level of understanding that would allow cordial daily relations despite disagreements.

38.   But he will have to get a budget passed soon, keep his coalition intact and maintain cordial relations with his main backer, the Congress Party.

39.   China, which has cordial relations with Jordan, claims that Taiwan is a renegade province.

40.   Dr Mahathir said the cordial relations enjoyed by the races had enabled the Government to implement the New Economic Policy with the support of all races.