41.   Germany will also be offering a new cultural cooperation accord and is seeking to establish a Goethe Institute for German culture in South Africa, the German officials said.

42.   He added that France was currently consulting with its European partners on the possibility of suspending a cooperation accord with Croatia.

43.   He added after talks with Arafat that the two may sign cooperation accords mainly in education and fishing.

44.   He also said Turkey would sign a series of cooperation accords with Libya on Sunday.

45.   He spoke of the series of military cooperation accords he signed in Washington, one of which was on the fight against terrorism.

46.   He is due to travel to Tripoli on Friday to sign a cooperation accord with a hospital in the city in northern Lebanon.

47.   In February the two countries finalised a military training and cooperation accord, which caused an uproar in several Arab countries.

48.   In Ankara Thursday, senior Turkish and Cuban officials signed an economic cooperation accord, granting each other most favored nation trade status.

49.   In another development, Belgrade and Moscow Friday signed a military cooperation accord.

50.   In December, Alrosa and South African giant De Beers signed a new, five-year cooperation accord to help stabilize the world diamond market.