61. Ukraine and Russia have troops serving alongside NATO peacekeeping forces in former Yugoslavia, and both are members of the NATO partnership programme of limited military cooperation and exchanges. 62. Ybara served alongside Gonzalez as head of BBVA for two years before resigning last December. 63. Pernia served alongside captain Alfredo Astiz who was sentenced in a French court to life emprisonment for the disappearance of the two nuns. 64. Philippine President, Fidel Ramos, called on the US government Wednesday to grant full military pensions for Filipinos who served alongside American troops in World War II. 65. Serving alongside British troops in Gornji Vakuf will be soldiers from other nations including Poland, Canada and the Czech Republic. 66. Sources said the ambassadors had overcome differences on the role of a political adviser to be appointed to serve alongside the Bosnian force commander, US Admiral Leighton Smith. 67. Swedish troops have served alongside NATO forces in Bosnia as part of the peace implementation and stabilisation forces in the former Yugoslav republic. |