61.   The friendship treaty has been in the works for half a decade, but Yeltsin repeatedly postponed his visit to Ukraine for its signing, citing the fleet dispute.

62.   The fleet dispute has been going on since the Soviet collapse and stands in the way of a broad friendship treaty between Russia and Ukraine.

63.   The friendship treaty gives the Hungarian minority the right to education in its mother tongue and affirms the existing border between the two countries.

64.   The long-delayed friendship treaty came two days after Ukraine initialed a special partnership deal with NATO.

65.   The Moldovan parliament on Thursday ratified a friendship treaty with Russia, establishing closer economic and political ties between the two countries.

66.   The Russian parliament, dominated by hard-liners and nationalists, has balked at ratifying a friendship treaty with Ukraine, because of the dispute over Sevastopol and Crimea.

67.   The Russian Foreign Ministry plans to announce its decision to repeal the friendship treaty with North Korea in a press briefing on Thursday, according to Yonhap.

68.   The Social Democracy Party on Monday jettisoned its smaller government coalition partner, following rifts over whether Romania should sign a friendship treaty with Hungary, its historic rival.

69.   The two are expected to discuss the fleet and a friendship treaty aimed at soothing tension between the Slavic neighbors.

70.   They signed a friendship treaty.