41.   The security pact, to be signed in the eastern city of Shanghai, stipulates that armies from the five countries should not attack each other.

42.   US Defence Secretary William Perry denied on Wednesday the existence of a secret security pact between Israel and the United States.

43.   Relations between the two Gulf powers have improved in recent years with Riyadh and Tehran inking in April a security pact to fight drug trafficking and terrorism.

44.   The case triggered nationwide controversy, including protests by local residents at the US military presence and calls for the US-Japanese security pact to be revised.

45.   The Chinese government believes a newly-agreed security pact among Central Asian countries will help it to thwart Moslem separatists in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.

46.   The delegation, which arrived Saturday, is due to hold more talks with other UAE officials on the security pact, Wam said.