61.   Under the Maastricht treaty, these so-called convergence conditions must be met before a country can participate in third stage of EMU.

62.   Twenty-five Asian and European countries are participating in the two-day meet, also attended by EU Commission president Jacques Santer.

63.   Thirty countries will participate in the fair.

64.   Until now, it has been NATO policy that countries could participate in the programme only to the extent that they could afford to do so.

65.   Lamfalussy said that he shared fully the thoughts that had led German Finance Minister Theo Waigel to propose a stability pact by countries participating in a single currency.

66.   Shara did not make it clear to the delegation headed by Bernard Prague of France whether his country will participate in the conference in Barcelona in November.

67.   The country actively participated, with Sweden and Finland, in the training of a Baltic peacekeeping force.