31.   Yeltsin and Ahtisaari were expected to sign a package of agreements on financing and stimulating joint Finnish-Russian investment.

32.   Yeltsin plans to sign a package of economic agreements during his visits to Uzbekistan and Kazakstan on Sunday through Tuesday.

33.   Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his Kazakh counterpart, Akezhan Kazhegeldin, were on hand Wednesday as Canada and Kazakhstan signed a package of diplomatic and commercial accords.

34.   The agency quoted foreign ministry officials as saying that the package would be signed here on Wednesday during economic talks between Vietnamese and South Korean officials.