11.   Documents signed by the two leaders reaffirmed the importance of defense cooperation and said Japan would continue to provide financial and other support for U.S. troops here.

12.   Fischer reaffirmed the importance of closing insolvent banks, however strong the political influence of the owners.

13.   It also reaffirmed the importance that China places on its space program, both as a prestige booster and to help it catch up with foreign technology.

14.   The outline also calls for efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons and reaffirms the importance of the defense alliance with the United States.

15.   The two leaders had planned to issue a joint statement reaffirming the importance of the U.S.-Japan military alliance, but that now has been put off.

16.   The two leaders also had planned to issue a joint statement reaffirming the importance of the U.S.-Japan military alliance, but that now has been put off.

17.   The two were to have issued a high-profile joint statement reaffirming the importance of the U.S.-Japanese security relationship.

18.   Turkish President Suleiman Demirel and leaders from Bulgaria, Albania and Macedonia signed a declaration reaffirming the importance of such projects linking southeastern and western Europe.

19.   We reaffirm the importance of intensified international cooperation and enhanced efforts at the national level to design the right policies for more employment.

20.   Howard reaffirmed the importance of a good relationship with Indonesia.