41.   German Chancellor Helmut Kohl stopped over in the Kazakh capital Almaty Saturday and discussed economic ties with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, ITAR-TASS news agency reported.

42.   He also discussed bilateral ties with his Syrian counterpart Faruq al-Shara and Prime Minister Mahmud al-Zohbi, they said.

43.   Heseltine said he and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad discussed bilateral ties, particularly trade issues.

44.   In talks with Abdullah, Miot discussed European ties with Asia following the recent Asia-Euro summit in Bangkok.

45.   Iran daily said the two countries would also discuss bilateral ties and follow up on accords reached in the past.

46.   Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati is to visit Iraq to discuss normalising ties between the two neighbors, a senior Iranian official said Thursday.

47.   Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Khikmat Al-Azavi on Friday discussed economic ties with Belarus, underscoring the close relations between Baghdad and the isolated ex-Soviet state.

48.   An Iranian delegation ended a four-day mission to Iraq to discuss normalising ties on Wednesday, the official Iranian news agency IRNA said.

49.   An Iranian foreign ministry delegation visited Baghdad in May to discuss improving ties.

50.   Argentine President Carlos Menem met with his Chinese counterpart, Jiang Zemin, on Wednesday and the two leaders discussed bilateral ties.