1.   Diplomatic relations were frozen until August this year.

2.   And while Qatar officially froze its relations with Israel last autumn, it has not allowed them to deteriorate.

3.   European governments start freezing relations.

4.   In freezing its relations with the European Union, Yilmaz said, Turkey will no longer discuss political questions, including the Cyprus issue, with its representatives.

5.   Moscow has frozen its relations with NATO, walking out of the Permanent Joint Council that was formed for the purpose of advising Russia about NATO activities.

6.   The Pentagon, in effect, has declared that nothing essential has changed in East Asia and that U.S. policy should be to freeze relations in the Pacific indefinitely.

7.   Particularly fearful of jeopardizing lucrative trade and economic prospects, France and Germany opposed freezing all relations with Tehran.

8.   Particularly fearful of jeopardizing lucrative trade, France and Germany oppose freezing all relations with Tehran.

9.   Ankara essentially froze its relations with the EU last December after the Union to exclude Turkey as a candidate.

10.   Arab diplomats said Syria has asked the meeting to back its recommendation that Arab states which have ties with Israel should freeze these relations.