31.   Aliyev added that at the summit, interior ministers from the three countries will sign a document setting out the terms of the security pact.

32.   Ankara has also proposed a security pact in the southern Caucasus in a bid to cool off hot spots in the volatile region.

33.   Arab countries said Wednesday that a Mediterranean security pact proposed by Europe is impossible until they are at peace with Israel.

34.   But Japanese officers argued that the declaration would in no way change the framework of the US-Japan security pact or target any specific country as an enemy.

35.   But three of its members -- Ukraine, Turkmenistan and Moldova -- have not signed the Tashkent security pact.

36.   Clinton left US Secretary of State Warren Christopher and CIA director John Deutch behind to work out specifics of the bilateral security pact.

37.   Demonstrations took place almost daily in Okinawa to protest the US military presence, while calls were made for a revision of the US-Japanese security pact.

38.   During the summit the two countries signed a security pact saying that Iraq would respect Kuwaiti sovereignty and officials on both sides pledged to cooperate on outstanding issues.

39.   Facing threats from armed rebels, they signed a security pact last year to join forces against terrorism.

40.   The regional security pact was signed by the presidents of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan in a ceremony at the Shanghai Exhibition Hall.