41.   Kuwait also does not place high priority on mending fences with Iraq or Arab countries accused of supporting Baghdad during its occupation of Kuwait, the minister added.

42.   Ogata noted that in the past, Japan placed priority on financial aid in helping foreign countries.

43.   Ochirbat, however, said Mongolia had not changed its foreign policy of placing priority on friendly relationships with neighbouring China and Russia.

44.   Switzerland has placed the priority on participation in the EUs Schengen agreement on policing, and closer co-operation in dealing with asylum-seekers.