51.   Top businessmen maintained friendly ties with past military-backed governments.

52.   He declined to identify the country, but said it had friendly ties to Kinshasa.

53.   Gujral said India would take some unilateral measures to promote friendly ties with Pakistan, but did not elaborate.

54.   In a further sign of the friendly ties between Kabul and Beijing, he said, Afghanistan and China were establishing their first-ever direct air link.

55.   Indian President Shankar Dayal Sharma here Thursday said friendly ties between his country and China could play a key role in world peace.

56.   It also calls for a halt to any military manouevres aimed at intimidating a neighbouring state and for the countries to establish friendly ties.

57.   China and Iraq have long-term friendly ties and their cooperation in the field of petroleum started more than a decade ago, Wu noted.

58.   China reaffirmed its friendly ties with the North Korean army Monday while calling for further talks on the nuclear standoff, the Xinhua news agency reported.

59.   During the Cold War, India was perceived as a Soviet client, and rival communist power China had a vital interest in nurturing friendly ties with Pakistan.

60.   The president said China also attached importance to maintaining friendly ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, of which the Philippines is a member.