51.   Ministers expressed a readiness to send a Transall, but security conditions at Kigali airport had first to be clarified, he said after a cabinet meeting.

52.   Malaysian Foreign Minister Abdullah Badawi said Sunday that a minister should not express the kind of views Lee did on Johore.

53.   Ministers had originally expressed hope the issue could be sewn up at the Laeken summit which opened Friday.

54.   On Rwanda, the ministers expressed concern at the continued infiltration of arms into the region and the armed incursions that result.

55.   On Rwanda, the ministers expressed concern at the continued infiltration of arms into the region and the armed incursions which resulted from this.

56.   Several Israeli ministers also expressed their satisfaction.

57.   Several True Path ministers have expressed their objections for the headscarf move, although Ciller has made no public remarks on the issue.

58.   Some other finance ministers also expressed concern about fluctuations in the yen, whose appreciation had driven up the cost of repaying their yen-denominated loans.

59.   Syed Hamid also said the French defence minister expressed a desire to upgrade existing ties to include establishment of defence related industries via joint-ventures in Malaysia.

60.   The Israeli minister expressed hope that the United States and Russia could use their improved relations to deal with the looming Iranian threat.