61.   The visit came in the aftermath of the signing of a Chinese commodity loan agreement with the Soviet Union in March.

62.   Recent agreements with creditor banks had, however, reduced such balance of payment uncertainties.

63.   Czechoslovakia also sought to create bilateral agreements with its immediate neighbours in central and eastern Europe, but a number of disputes continued to affect relationships.

64.   Bilateral agreement with Germany on co-operation over nuclear safety and the prevention of radiation.

65.   He held cordial talks in complete agreement with the Chinese Communist Party general secretary Jiang Zemin, with President Yang Shangkun and with Premier Li Peng.

66.   It was unclear whether this was an independent Serbian initiative, or had resulted from an agreement with the JNA.

67.   Lithuania thus became the third Soviet republic to conclude an economic agreement with Bulgaria, following Russia and Byelarus.

68.   A trade agreement with the Soviet Union was signed in March.

69.   Economic agreements with China were also signed in January, May and July.

70.   That month the government claimed to have signed a peace agreement with the PNO.