71.   Thousands called on Prime Minister Gyula Horn to resign Thursday as they demostrated against a friendship treaty with Romania that critics claim sells out the Hungarian minority there.

72.   Ukraine and Russia reached a final deal on the fleet in May, leading to a long-delayed friendship treaty between the Slavic neighbors.

73.   With Russia-South Korea relations blossoming in recent years, Russia has been under pressure from South Korea to make changes in its friendship treaty with the North.

74.   Yeltsin has promised to visit Ukraine to sign a friendship treaty after the fleet issue is resolved.

75.   Zhu voiced hope that mutual trade would grow on the basis of the new friendship treaty signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin in July.

76.   Yeltsin plans to travel to Ukraine in June and is expected to sign a comprehensive friendship treaty with Kuchma.

77.   Hundreds of nationalist demonstrators massed here outside the government office to protest at the signing Monday of a controversial friendship treaty aimed at ending decades of bilateral tension.

78.   In September last year Romania and Hungary signed a friendship treaty which effectively ended decades of tension over territorial and minority rights issues.

79.   But Athens says a friendship treaty with Ankara depends on a Cyprus settlement.

80.   But little progress was made on a Romanian-Russian friendship treaty, with no date set for signing an agreement after three years of talks.