51.   The unofficial visit is considered a gesture of goodwill toward Ukraine, a member of the NATO Partnership for Peace Program.

52.   The unofficial visit infuriated Beijing, which regards Taiwan as a rebel province with no right to develop foreign relations.

53.   The unofficial visit infuriated Beijing, which saw it as a covert move towards Taiwanese independence.

54.   This year, Lee paid official visits to South Africa, Costa Rica and Central America, and unofficial visits to several Southeast Asian states.

55.   Yasushi Akashi of Japan met with Milosevic while on an unofficial visit to Belgrade.

56.   Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari is to pay an unofficial visit to Germany next weekend, it was announced here Tuesday.

57.   Fujimori was winding up a four-day unofficial visit on his way home after attending a UN conference on women in Beijing last week.

58.   Honduras President Carlos Reina will make a four-day unofficial visit to Japan starting Sunday, diplomatic sources were quoted as saying Tuesday.

59.   A high-ranking Taiwanese official will make an unofficial visit to mainland China at the end of this month, reports here said Wednesday.

60.   Beijing has refused to confirm reports that Jiang might make an unofficial visit to South Africa during his six-nation tour.