11.   But Sudan has been the only African country to emerge as an ideological ally of Iran.

12.   China, a longtime ideological ally of North Korea, maintains close economic and trade ties with rival South Korea.

13.   Hermetic North Korea hopes to maintain commercial ties with Vietnam, its one-time ideological ally and one of the only countries Pyongyang has diplomatic relations with.

14.   Many politicians operate PACs as a way to raise money from ideological allies and contribute to like-minded candidates.

15.   North Korea hopes to maintain commercial ties with Vietnam, its one-time ideological ally and one of the only countries Pyongyang has diplomatic relations with.

16.   The Chinese position was seen as a new rift with its longtime ideological ally, North Korea.

17.   The Chinese move was seen as an effort to placate its ideological ally North Korea.

18.   The onetime Cold War ideological allies also discussed the sale of military aircraft to Vietnam and the potential for joint energy development programs, Chernomyrdin said.

19.   Their defection created a diplomatic dilemma for China, which found itself caught between longtime ideological ally North Korea and newly found economic partner, South Korea.

20.   The visit has signalled a warming in relations between Seoul and Hanoi, once an ideological ally of North Korea but has now switched its attention to the South.