21.   Rifkind also would discuss negotiations toward a defense cooperation accord with the Emirates, and he said he hoped to see it signed by January.

22.   Russia and South Africa signed a long-term scientific and technical cooperation accord Tuesday to facilitate work on joint projects, a news agency reported.

23.   The Bosnian officials appealed for continued humanitarian aid, talks on an economic cooperation accord and eventual EU membership for Bosnia.

24.   The deal with Israel was preceded this year by economic and political cooperation accords with Tunisia and Morocco.

25.   The European Parliament gave the final stamp of approval Thursday to a wide-ranging trade and cooperation accord with Morocco after attaching demands for human rights improvements in the country.

26.   The European Union signed a nuclear energy cooperation accord with Argentina Wednesday.

27.   The EU already has sweeping trade and political cooperation accords with Tunisia, Morocco and Israel.

28.   The European Union and Morocco, after months of negotiations, agreed on a broad cooperation accord Saturday.

29.   The European Union on Friday suspended talks, scheduled to be held in September, for a broad trade and cooperation accord with Croatia.

30.   The event marks the start of air links between Jordan and neighboring Israel as stipulated in cooperation accords in the fields of civil aviation and transport signed in January.