41.   Officials have stressed the increasingly friendly ties with Hanoi.

42.   President Nelson Mandela has maintained friendly ties with Arafat, citing Palestinian support for anti-apartheid groups in South Africa.

43.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Sunday that demolishing illegal Indonesian settlements in Malaysia will not affect friendly ties between Indonesia and Malaysia.

44.   Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin praised Kostov for the friendly political ties between the two countries.

45.   Several recent bombings against foreign businesses and official buildings have been carried out in apparent protest against NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia, which maintains friendly ties with Greece.

46.   South Korean Foreign Minister Gong Ro-myung will visit Singapore and Vietnam later this month to strengthen friendly ties, the ministry said Friday.

47.   Since their first meeting in Berlin last June, the two leaders have developed friendly ties, informally addressing each other in German.

48.   Since their first meeting, when Putin visited Berlin in June, the two leaders have developed friendly ties, informally addressing each other in German.

49.   Such a government should represent all ethnic groups, enjoy wide backing from the international community and maintain friendly ties with neighboring states, it said.

50.   Talk about fostering friendly ties with nations of the world.