71.   Downer held talks last night with Chinese Justice Minister Xiao Yang and said the visiting official had given support in principle to the plan.

72.   The United States said Tuesday it would discuss its concerns about a possible North Korean missile test with a visiting high-level North Korean official.

73.   Visiting officials from the US State Department last week also noted the issue of RFA was not raised during any of their three days of discussions with Vietnamese officials.

74.   Last month, a visiting EU official said the partnership accord was due to be reached by the end of this year.

75.   Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said in Washington Tuesday that officials hoped to bring up the case with an unnamed visiting North Korean official in New York this week.

76.   Russia will cooperate with India in the peaceful use of nuclear energy despite pressure not to do so, a visiting senior Russian official said Thursday.

77.   Simitis said he had discussed international and bilateral issues with the visiting officials.

78.   The Afghan Taliban movement has promised a visiting UN official that female education will receive due attention within the Islamic framework in areas under their control.