51.   Asked about Syria remaining on the US list of states sponsoring terrorism, Christopher said the Clinton visit would have no immediate impact.

52.   At that time, Khan strongly denied that the royal visit had any political content.

53.   But Xavier Lowe, commercial secretary at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representation Office in Phnom Penh, denied that the visits had anything to do with poltitics.

54.   Erbakhan and his allies in Refah deny that the visit has any anti-Western motives.

55.   This time his visit has the blessing of the authorities.

56.   Yet for some the visit has political undercurrents harking back to the war.

57.   Taiwan has denied this reiterating that the visits had no political agenda.