31.   The deal will allow Rafael, which is government-owned, to sell its missiles to purchasers that do not do business with Israel.

32.   The communist country has been accused of selling Scud missiles to Iran and Syria.

33.   Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakstan also have the technology, and Kazakstan has sold Shkval missiles to China, he said.

34.   Foreign ministry spokesman Omer Akbel said at a news conference Monday that Turkey had protested to Russia over the decision to sell the missiles.

35.   French Defence Minister Francois Leotard said Friday that a media report that France had sold Exocet missiles to Iran might have been planted by the United States.

36.   It was unclear whether the missiles had been sold directly by China, through an arms salesman, or via a third, Moslem country, the magazine added.

37.   The US Central Intelligence Agency later said in a report that North Korea had actively sold missiles to the Middle East and other tension zones last year.

38.   The United States last year alleged that China had sold the missiles to Pakistan, and followed up the allegation by imposing sanctions on Pakistan.

39.   Israeli-Chinese cooperation has involved upgrading Chinese tanks, selling air-to-air missiles and providing aeronautics technology.

40.   It gave no indication of how many missiles would be sold to Seoul.