1.   The erstwhile East-West adversaries agreed, among other things, to hold discussions on joint defence planning, strategy, training and exercises.

2.   Ukraine, Azerbaijan and some other states objected to Russian proposals for joint defence of borders.

3.   Gulf Arab leaders at a Manama summit last December signed a joint defence pact which commits the GCC countries to defend any member state against an outside threat.

4.   Greece and Cyprus are working on the second phase of a joint defence plan.

5.   A joint defence and security commission from the two countries will meet next week to prepare the summit, it added.

6.   A joint defence ministry will also be formed with a unified chain of command, he said.

7.   Bosnian officials are expected Thursday pass a joint defence bill, triggering a multi-million dollar US defence package to Bosnia, US Defense Secretary William Perry said here.

8.   But no progress has been reported on the planned demobilisation of the rival armies and the formation of a new joint defence force in the sprawling southern African country.

9.   Chirac and Kohl announced in Nuremberg they had adopted a joint defence and security concept, but did not reveal details.

10.   Dostam said that during talks in Islamabad Afghan leaders decided on a joint defence policy if any opposition group was attacked.