1.   According to authoritative sources in Albania, the gesture is aimed at strengthening Albanian links with NATO.

2.   The ministry said the unilateral goodwill gesture was aimed at creating favourable conditions for talks between the two sides which are due to be held in Moscow.

3.   Yerevan said the gesture was aimed at creating favourable conditions for further peace talks between the two former Soviet republics.

4.   Yerevan said the unilateral goodwill gesture was aimed at creating favourable conditions for further peace talks between the two former Soviet republics.

5.   Yerevan said the unilateral goodwill gesture was aimed at creating favourable conditions for further peace talks between the two sides.

6.   The gesture is aimed at securing support for the bill in the Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament which represents the German regional states.

7.   The gesture is aimed at defusing tension in Chiapas at a time of severe financial troubles for Mexico.