51.   Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati on Friday welcomed the agreement with Total, saying it was a boost for bilateral relations, Tehran Radio reported.

52.   Foreign Minister Yohei Kono welcomed the agreement, saying he hoped it would improve bilateral ties.

53.   Governments welcome agreement that could end crisis.

54.   He welcomed the agreement by Group of Eight foreign ministers in Bonn but said he saw no sign that Milosevic was about to give in to NATO demands.

55.   Horn said all three welcomed the agreement.

56.   However, Jordan and Egypt, both of which have peace treaties with Israel, welcomed the agreement.

57.   In Belgrade, the Serbian capital, the agreement was welcomed with joyous anticipation that the United Nations would lift sanctions.

58.   In company with other leading Europeans Thursday, Woosnam welcomed the agreement announced between the Royal and Ancient Club and the USGA on golf equipment rules, specifically drivers.

59.   In London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair also welcomed the agreement and said the main task now is to return ethnic Kosovo Albanian refugees to their homes.

60.   In the southern Philippines, tens of thousands of Muslims held prayer rallies welcoming the agreement.