61.   Israel and Eritrea are tied by friendship and the Jewish state is aiming to boost their relations, Health Minister Ephraim Sneh said Thursday.

62.   Israel and Jordan pledged Monday to sign a peace treaty in the near future after they agreed during high-level talks at the White Houseto take steps to boost relations .

63.   Ankara, however, also wants to boost relations with Armenia, with which it has no formal diplomatic ties because of the dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh.

64.   Commenting on the report, EU Agriculture Commissioner Rene Steichen said he was exploring ways to boost agricultural relations between the EU and eastern Europe.

65.   Demirel said he and his Austrian counterpart would mainly discuss ways to boost economic relations.

66.   Croatia is ready to reopen talks with Serbs in the separatist Krajina region in a bid to boost economic relations, a senior Zagreb official said Tuesday.

67.   Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday decided to reactivate a joint economic committee to boost relations between the two countries.

68.   Eliasson, who flew in from Amman, said his mission was part of efforts to revive the Arab-Israeli peace process and boost relations with Lebanon.

69.   The protest came as Iraq tried to boost relations with Turkey.

70.   The visit aims to boost relations, he added.