31.   Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines this month signed a pact to bolster cooperation against terrorism and cross-border crime.

32.   Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines on Tuesday sealed a trilateral security pact in an attempt to bolster cooperation to combat terrorism and cross-border crime.

33.   The South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement aims to bolster cooperation by reducing intra-regional tariffs to almost zero.

34.   The programme aims to bolster cooperation between the former Communist bloc states of eastern and central Europe with the Atlantic alliance.

35.   The protocol aims to bolster cooperation between Damascus Declaration countries.

36.   The United States and South Africa were expected to sign later in the day several agreements bolstering cooperation in the areas of economic development, energy and agriculture.

37.   Yemen and Qatar agreed to form a joint committee headed by their foreign ministers to bolster bilateral cooperation.

38.   It also recently signed an accord with the European Union to bolster cooperation on the promotion of democracy, human rights, justice, the environment and development.

39.   Japan, seeking to bolster international cooperation against terrorism, on Tuesday said it planned to host an anti-terrorist seminar involving Asia-Pacific countries.

40.   Jiang will meet President Ion Iliescu and Prime Minister Nicolae Vacaroiu during his stay, which is aimed at bolstering economic cooperation, a foreign ministry spokesman said.