11.   Other countries welcomed the Swiss decision.

12.   Peruvian Foreign Minister Fernando Trazegnies said his country welcomed the OAS delegation as a forward-looking mission that would avoid any consideration of the recent election.

13.   Alon Bar, a diplomat at the Israeli embassy in Madrid, said his country welcomed the proposed agreements.

14.   But what country will welcome a man with no name, no past, no apparent future?

15.   Costa Rica Foreign Minister Fernando Naranjo said his country would welcome the latest defectors.

16.   Costa Rica Foreign Minister Fernando Naranjo said Tuesday his country would welcome the group.

17.   European countries welcomed the release but were cautious about the future.

18.   Gulf countries welcomed an oil-for-food deal that may bring respite to Iraq but warned Wednesday that Saddam Hussein still could menace the region.

19.   He also said the two countries welcomed the productive cooperation and the initial results of the joint development of the overlapping area between them.

20.   He said the country also would welcome training in these sectors.