31.   The United States protested that the ban was contrary to a longstanding military pact it had with New Zealand and neighboring Australia.

32.   Turkey on Monday acknowledged Arab appeals to rethink its military training pact with Israel, but showed no signs of heeding the message.

33.   Turkish President Suleyman Demirel has warned Arab leaders not to address the military pact with Israel or water issues at the summit.

34.   Turkish threats of retaliation led Greece to accept anti-aircraft missiles originally destined for Cyprus in a blow to a highly touted military Greek-Cypriot military pact.

35.   Vietnamese Defense Minister Doan Khue this week signed a military pact that aims to expand cooperation between the two countries over the next several years, the spokeswoman said.

36.   Ghairat Baheer, a spokesman for former premier Gulbuddin Hekmatyar also had no details about the reported military pact.

37.   He said Egypt would not oppose the Turkish-Israeli deal as long as it did not pave the way for a strategic military pact.

38.   His comments followed a statement earlier Wednesday by the Turkish foreign ministry which was similarly dismissive of Arab reaction to the military pact.

39.   However Israel, tied to the United State by a strategic military pact and a free trade deal, receives three million dollars US aid each year.

40.   Iran has sharply protested a military pact between Turkey and Israel which came into force this week to allow Israeli planes to conduct training exercises in Turkish air space.