41.   We will contemplate a strategic partnership, not a sale.

42.   President Boris Yeltsin praised the new strategic partnership between Russia and China during a meeting Friday at the Kremlin with the visiting Chinese premier.

43.   Primakov said President Boris Yeltsin will visit India next year to sign a strategic partnership agreement defining long-term relationships in political and other fields.

44.   Primakov said President Boris Yeltsin would visit India next year and the two sides would sign a strategic partnership agreement,defining long-term relationship in political and other fields.

45.   Publicis also said it had signed a global strategic partnership agreement with Japanese advertising company Dentsu, allowing it to fill a gap in the Japanese market.

46.   Portugal Telecom formed a strategic partnership with Concert, an alliance between the US firm MCI and British Telecom, the company announced Monday.

47.   Another Russian oil company, Tyumen, has been courting Western companies, especially BP, to form a strategic partnership.

48.   Based in Singapore, Smith will be responsible for the development of strategic partnerships to support the development and expansion efforts in the region.

49.   Before his meeting with Zhu, Kasyanov said that China and Russia have been successfully developing strategic partnership in all spheres since last year, Interfax reported.

50.   He played down the significance of the arms reduction agreement, which U.S. and Russian officials have hailed as an important element in a new strategic partnership.