61.   Turkey has expressed readiness to take over leadership of the force next month but has requested financial assistance and clarification of the scope of the force.

62.   Turkey has expressed readiness to take the helm of ISAF, but has requested financial support and clarification of the scope of the mission before any takeover.

63.   Turkey, the only mainly Muslim nation in NATO, has expressed readiness to contribute troops to ISAF, but has not yet specified a number.

64.   UNESCO has expressed a readiness to offer help find solutions for many of the problems facing Russian culture, science and education, TASS said.

65.   Iraq Tuesday vehemently denied reports that it had expressed a readiness to recognise Israel in a message conveyed to the Jewish state via Morocco.

66.   It has consistently refused to pay out compensation for an action committed at time of war, but has expressed a readiness to provide unrelated humanitarian assistance.

67.   Jumblatt, whose portfolio includes responsibilities for displaced persons, said he co-owns a quarry and expressed readiness to close it down if it generated ecological perils.

68.   King Hussein has expressed his readiness to fight personally in the former Yugoslavia in defense of Bosnian Moslems.

69.   Kim also expressed his readiness to hold an unprecedented summit with rival South Korea.

70.   Ministers expressed a readiness to send a Transall, but security conditions at Kigali airport had first to be clarified, he said after a cabinet meeting.