31.   Still, some top politicians in both republics praised the deal.

32.   The deal was also praised by the Japanese.

33.   The deal was praised by analysts.

34.   The U.S. Federal Trade Commission praised the deal in a report addressed to Congress.

35.   Tom Mayo, a law professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, praised the deal.

36.   While most analysts praised the deal, others said it was only a start of reforms long delayed by bureaucracy and political feuding.

37.   Aliyev and Shevardnadze took turns praising the deal as a major step toward peace and prosperity in the region.

38.   Chief US negotiator Robert Gallucci praised the deal in Geneva on Tuesday saying it would win general support.

39.   Zeng also praised the deal.