51. President Clinton reacted by suspending all military cooperation with Indonesia. 52. Russia and China signed a friendship and military cooperation treaty in July. 53. Russia accepted the eastward expansion of NATO and military cooperation with the West on the grounds that NATO was a defense alliance. 54. Russia appeared to be slowing down on gas deliveries to Serbia, as well as military cooperation, and pressing the Serb leader to be more flexible over Kosovo. 55. Since the Chinese military may help pick the next political leadership, military cooperation between Washington and Beijing should be maintained. 56. Some critics of the bases are worried that the United States has made a clever decision to give up territory in exchange for closer military cooperation with Japan. 57. That reassured China by suggesting that U.S.-Japanese military cooperation was under discussion simply because of the risk of a new Korean war. 58. The bonds of military cooperation it has formed on both sides of the Atlantic are too valuable to dissolve. 59. The Chinese government has suspended official collaboration in areas like military cooperation and human rights. 60. The capture of Kupres marks a new high point in military cooperation between the army and the Croatian militia. |