11.   But North Korea recently suspended most government contacts with Seoul, jeopardizing rapprochement on the divided Korean peninsula.

12.   Canada suspended government contacts with Vietnam on Monday and put off annual meetings on development aid to protest the execution of a Canadian woman convicted of drug smuggling.

13.   China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and objects to any high-level government contacts between Taiwan and countries that recognize Beijing.

14.   Communist North Korea previously shunned most government contacts with South Korea, which it dismissed as a puppet state controlled by the United States.

15.   Early this month, the Egyptian government said it was suspending all government contacts with Israel except those serving the Palestinian cause.

16.   Government contacts between the two Koreas ebbed after President Bush decided to suspend talks with North Korea while awaiting a policy review.

17.   Government contacts between the two Koreas have ebbed since President Bush decided to suspend talks with North Korea while awaiting a policy review.

18.   High-level government contacts will be infrequent and economic aid to the Belarus state sector will stop, the statement said.

19.   Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has promoted sporting, cultural and academic exchanges with the United States, but has said it is too early to renew government contacts.

20.   Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has called for dialogue between American and Iranian people, but says it is too early to renew government contacts.