41.   Like other pro-Western Gulf states, Kuwait is also wary of large arms purchases made by Iran across the Gulf.

42.   One of its major challenges, ethnic rebel insurgencies, has been largely tamed, thanks in part to massive arms purchases from China.

43.   On arms purchases, Syed Hamid said the ministry had postponed plans to equip the army with main battle tanks and armoured personnel carriers.

44.   President Jamil Mahuad said Thursday that his government will make no more arms purchases and cut military conscription following the signing of a peace treaty with neighboring Peru.

45.   Prince Khaled Bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia discussed possible arms purchases from South Korea Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said.

46.   Such contacts could produce deals on arms purchases, military aid and joint anti-missile exercises with Russia, easing Moscow opposition to his missile defense plans.

47.   The Defense Ministry routinely refuses to discuss arms purchases, and spokesman Kung Fan-ding declined comment on the report.

48.   The document will make military exchanges and arms purchases easier between the two countries, officials said.

49.   The funds apparently served as an escrow account to cover arms purchases.

50.   The newspapers were prevented from publishing the name of the country considering the arms purchase from Denel, the former government arms maker.