91.   A liaison office is an independent representation, while an interest section marks a lower level of diplomatic ties.

92.   A senior foreign ministry official said Israel also had secret contacts with Tunisia to open an interest section in Tunis.

93.   A senior Israeli official said contacts have continued but Oman is unhappy with the idea of an interest section.

94.   A well-informed Iraqi source said Baghdad has decided to send a diplomat to preside over an Iraqi interests section in Rome.

95.   A well-informed Iraqi source said Tuesday Baghdad had decided to send a diplomat to preside over an Iraqi interests section in Rome.

96.   A year after the PLO autonomy agreement, Morocco and Israel agreed last September to open liaison offices, one step higher than interest sections on the diplomatic ladder.

97.   After the Gulf war ended, the United States opened an interest section which is headed by a Polish diplomat.

98.   Ajili, an administrative attache at the Iraqi interest section of the Jordanian embassy, must leave the country by Tuesday.

99.   Among other Arab nations, Israeli has opened liaison bureaux with Morocco, while Tunisia and Mauritania have interest sections and Oman has opened a trade office.

100.   An Israeli foreign ministry official in Jerualem said at the time that Beilin was to secure an accord with Oman to open interest sections in Muscat and Tel Aviv.