11.  Japan views the program as crucial for regional defense, due to what it sees as nuclear threats from North Korea, India and Pakistan.

12.  Karadayi said he would discuss cooperation in military training and in the military industry, as well as regional defense issues.

13.  Keating told Indonesian Technology Minister B.J. Habibie on Tuesday that Southeast Asia would benefit from creating its own regional defense industry.

14.  Last month, Netanyahu said he believed the Israeli-Turkish relationship could be the basis for a regional defense structure.

15.  Najib and Hill will attend a meeting of regional defense ministers in Singapore this weekend.

16.  Most Taiwanese feel threatened by a possible Chinese missile attack and want the government to enter into a regional anti-missile defense arrangement, a survey released Sunday showed.

17.  Netanyahu said last month he hoped the Israeli-Turkish relationship could form the basis of a regional defense structure.

18.  Rwandan representatives did not attend a meeting in Lusaka Monday of regional defense and foreign ministers to discuss the war.

19.  Silwamba said a political commission of regional defense and foreign ministers to whom the military body will report was formed by signatory nations early on Tuesday.

20.  Syed Hamid suggested collaboration in promoting regional defense industries through manufacturing of armored personnel carriers and weapons systems.