81.   Bush and Putin are also expected to clinch a new strategic partnership accord effectively drawing a line under the mutual suspicion and nuclear rivalry of the Cold War era.

82.   Earlier in the day, both sides signed a long declaration forging a long-term strategic partnership seen as counterbalancing US influence in world affairs.

83.   The program highlights concerns about Japanese shipbuilders who are teaming up to compete with South Korean rivals through mergers and strategic partnerships.

84.   The visit put flesh on the bones of a new strategic partnership announced during a state visit here by Russian President Vladimir Putin last year.

85.   J It will also encourage strategic partnerships between state firms and foreign multinationals.

86.   Kozyrev said the Geneva meeting was to focus on strategic global partnership that he did not want to become derailed by other difficulties.

87.   Kozyrev also said Russia was offering a strategic partnership to China, India and other countries as well as the West.

88.   Ruehe said that NATO discussions with Russia on a strategic partnership would be intensified.

89.   Rodionov was addressing a conference on the development of strategic partnership and military cooperation between countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

90.   Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov met his Chinese counterpart Chi Haotian on Saturday to further cement a strategic partnership of cooperation between the two neighbors, Russian officials said.