31.   However he later acknowledged that Maskhdov had yet to receive an official invitation and that no date for a meeting had been fixed.

32.   However on Saturday Chechen officials said they were waiting for an official invitation from Yeltsin and that no date had been fixed for the meeting.

33.   However he later acknowledged that Maskhadov had yet to receive an official invitation and that no date for a meeting had been fixed.

34.   Ikeda renewed an official invitation from Emperor Akihito for Chirac to visit Japan.

35.   Ikeda renewed an official invitation from the Japanese emperor first issued last year for Chirac to visit Japan.

36.   According to Pahad, Nzambo departed for Kinshasa Thursday bearing the official invitation from Mandela.

37.   But HAMAS says it has only received an official invitation from Sudan.

38.   But the Islamic Resistance Movement, or HAMAS, has yet to receive official invitations from such states.

39.   During a meeting Wednesday, Li Peng gave King Hassan II an official invitation from Chinese President Jiang Zemin to visit China.

40.   During his regional tour Ikeda will also extend an official invitation for Arafat to make a landmark visit to Japan in September.