41.   Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma will visit the neighbouring republic of Belarus Monday to sign a wide-ranging friendship and cooperation treaty, Interfax news agency reported Sunday.

42.   Yeltsin and his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma had been scheduled for months to meet in Kiev to sign a friendship and cooperation treaty and accord on the fleet.

43.   Yeltsin was due to meet Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma later Tuesday to discuss plans for signing a joint friendship and cooperation treaty.

44.   Yeltsin and Kuchma also pledged to sign a major joint friendship and cooperation treaty, which has been delayed by the dispute over the fleet.

45.   Yeltsin and Kuchma have been expected for months to sign a friendship and cooperation treaty and accord on the fleet at the summit at the Russian resort.

46.   It hopes that the signing of a wide-ranging friendship and cooperation treaty between Russia and Ukraine in April or May could head off the issue.

47.   Jiang and Kostunica also witnessed the signing of economic and technology cooperation treaties.

48.   Moscow and Belgrade signed a military cooperation treaty which will come into force as soon as international sanctions on Belgrade are lifted, news agencies here said Wednesday.

49.   Mongolian President Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat has said his country concluded a security cooperation treaty with the United States in June, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Thursday.

50.   Nigeria and Benin are to sign a cooperation treaty under which bilateral trade will be boosted, press reports said Monday.