71.   Officials from Toyama Prefecture and the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok initialed an agreement Thursday to establish a direct air link over the Sea of Japan in April.

72.   One sets up a joint commission to aid private sector deals and the other promotes better air links between the two countries.

73.   Russia and Taiwan have agreed to establish air links following three years of negotiations, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

74.   Russia and China plan to increase air links this summer between major cities near their border as trade between the two countries increases, a news agency reported Wednesday.

75.   Sheetrit called for closer ties between the two countries, including a direct air link.

76.   Several agreements were signed, including one on tourism cooperation and another to establish air links between Phnom Penh and Rangoon.

77.   Some mistrust has been assuaged by growing economic ties, a development underscored by the launch Thursday of direct air links between India and China.

78.   South Africa and Iran have agreed to open direct air links between their capitals and boost cooperation in other fields, the Iranian news agency reported Sunday.

79.   South Korean officials expect the two ministers to discus, among other things, some unsolved technicalities related to the reopening of severed air links.

80.   Taiwan responded by cutting off direct air links and taking other retaliatory moves.