21.   While deepening ties with Israel, Turkey has also sought to maintain good relations with the Palestinians, who enjoy strong public sympathy in this overwhelmingly Muslim country.

22.   Deepening those ties with a loose federal government joining the two entities is one of the declared aims of the September elections.

23.   Deepening those ties with a loose federal government is one of the declared aims of the September elections.

24.   The statement called for more support from members to the organization in a bid to identify new areas of cooperation and deepen ties in existing avenues.

25.   Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit on Tuesday called on the United States to deepen commercial ties with Ankara, a key US ally in the region.

26.   Member states should increase their support to the organization to identify new areas of cooperation and deepen ties in existing avenues, the declaration said.

27.   Qiao met later with Mongolian President Punsalmaagiyu Ochirbat, who stressed that Mongolia was willing to deepen bilateral ties on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.

28.   The European Union has moved to deepen its ties to three former Soviet republics in the Caucusus region.