31.   Grachev also said Russia and China had agreed to intensify military cooperation, but did not elaborate.

32.   He said a unified national job service will be founded to link rural and urban areas and intensify regional cooperation in the job market.

33.   He said that the declaration would commit Russia to active and far-reaching participation in the military partnership, and that the two sides would intensify their cooperation through dialogue.

34.   Indian Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda will visit Russia next week for talks to intensify cooperation between the two close allies, officials said Thursday.

35.   India and Kazakhstan on Tuesday agreed to intensify cooperation in sectors such as defence and nuclear energy and declared their opposition to religious fundamentalism and separatism.

36.   Balkan defence ministers are due to meet in the Bulgarian capital to intensify cooperation, but a date for the gathering has not yet been fixed.

37.   British Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind left London on Thursday for a five-day visit to Israel aimed at intensifying military cooperation.

38.   The firm plans to intensify cooperation with main players in the world space market in hopes of boosting international business, said Luo Ge, a senior company official.