1.   Taiwan is also weighing a plan to rename its overseas liaison bureaus Taiwan Representative Offices.

2.   Israel and Morocco on Thursday announced the opening soon of liaison bureaux in Tel Aviv and Rabat, in a first step towards full diplomatic ties.

3.   Israel and Morocco last year established diplomatic relations at the level of liaison bureaux.

4.   A liaison bureau could also be set up between the UN force and IFOR.

5.   Among other Arab nations, Israeli has opened liaison bureaux with Morocco, while Tunisia and Mauritania have interest sections and Oman has opened a trade office.

6.   Arab foreign ministers backed the Palestinians Sunday by calling for a freeze in normalisation with Israel and the closure of Arab interests and liaison bureaux in the Jewish state.

7.   The report coincided with the exchange opening of liaison bureaux by the two former war rivals, the latest step toward a normalisation of ties.

8.   It has opened a liaison bureau in Morocco, and has agreed with Tunisia to open interests sections in Tunis and Tel Aviv.

9.   Last week the two countries opened liaison bureaux in their respective capitals.

10.   NATO ambassadors on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a Russian proposal to create mutual liaison bureaus in Belgium, Russia and the United States.