81.   The money pledged for Yugoslavia underlines the strategic importance the country has for stability in the troubled Balkan region.

82.   The region is considered to have strategic importance because it is located near Ukraine and Hungary.

83.   The position gives Turkey strategic importance, but has led to its being torn throughout history between the European secular and Muslim religious traditions.

84.   The status of the town, which had been run by the Serbs under international supervision, remained unresolved largely because of its strategic importance.

85.   The war here is of strategic importance in a region where Ethiopia has been a dominant player for centuries.

86.   They signify the strategic importance Vietnam places on its largely economic relationship with both nations.

87.   They also reveal that the Soviet leadership largely agreed that the disputed isles are not of major strategic importance.

88.   Vavuniya is one of the best guarded cities in Sri Lanka because of its strategic importance.

89.   With the collapse of the Cold War, U.S. interest in the Caribbean waned as the region diminished in strategic importance.

90.   Gorazde has enormous strategic importance for the Serbs as it is the only town along the Drina river not entirely in their hands.