As of 2007, economic relations played " a fundamental role in the bilateral relations between the two governments ".

The Council of the European Union decided against Belarus in 1997: The PCA was not concluded, nor was its trade-related part ; Belarusian membership in the Council of Europe was not supported ; bilateral relations at the ministerial level were suspended and EU technical assistance programs were frozen.

Acknowledging the lack of progress in relation to bilateral relations and the internal situation following the position adopted in 1997, the EU adopted a step-by-step approach in 1999, whereby sanctions would be gradually lifted upon fulfillment of the four benchmarks set by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

The Brazilian foreign policy under the Lula da Silva administration had been focused on the following directives: to contribute toward the search for greater equilibrium and attenuate unilateralism ; to strengthen bilateral and multilateral relations in order to increase the country's weight in political and economic negotiations on an international level ; to deepen relations so as to benefit from greater economical, financial, technological and cultural interchange ; to avoid agreements that could jeopardize development in the long term.

Cameroon maintains significant bilateral relations with several countries.

It has bilateral relations with some Lusophone nations and holds membership in a number of international organizations.

maintains bilateral relations include the following.

Like other countries in Oceania, Solomon Islands is a beneficiary of Cuban medical aid ; bilateral relations between Havana and Honiara must be viewed within the scope of Cuba's regional policy in Oceania.

Like other countries in Oceania, Tuvalu is a beneficiary of Cuban medical aid ; bilateral relations between Funafuti and Havana must be viewed within the scope of Cuba's regional policy in Oceania.

Both nations continue to strengthen the bilateral relations especially in the fields of higher education, agriculture, industry and science and technology and have also held talks for military cooperation.

Both of them expressed positive views over the increasing relations between the two nations and were optimistic that the bilateral cooperation will expand in different fields.

In the 1980s, Colombia broadened its bilateral and multilateral relations, joining the Contadora Group, the Group of Eight ( now the Rio Group ), and the Non-Aligned Movement, which it chaired from 1994 until September 1998.

On 10 January 2011, Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul visited Denmark, to discuss bilateral relations.

According to the FSM U. N. deputy ambassador, Micronesia has since sought close bilateral relations with Israel in areas such as agriculture, technical training and health care training.

Germany concluded four treaties with the Soviet Union covering the overall bilateral relationship, economic relations, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, and German support for those troops.

In July 1997, on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) summit in Madrid, Greek and Turkish leaders reached agreement on six principles to govern their bilateral relations.

The foreign relations of Ireland are substantially influenced by its membership of the European Union, although bilateral relations with the United States and United Kingdom are also important to the country.

The newspaper reported that Italy wished to " deepen bilateral relations with Pacific Island countries ".

Throughout history, bilateral foreign relations between Japan and India have generally been friendly and strong.

The Republic of India and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan signed their first bilateral agreement for cooperation and friendly relations in 1947, which was formalized in 1950 when India became a sovereign democratic republic.

Ever since, relations between the two nations have been warm ; with both countries having had discussed previously in the Pakistan-Kenya Joint Ministerial Commission session which was hosted in Nairobi in 2004, about boosting bilateral trade and economic relations.

The standing commissions drew up proposals for consideration by competent, national planning bodies ; the Secretariat assembled information on the results of bilateral consultations ; and the Council Committee for Cooperation in Planning ( created by Comecon in 1971 at the same session at which the Comprehensive Program was adopted ) reviewed the progress of plan coordination by members.

In April 2009, Brunei and The Philippines signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) that seeks to strengthen the bilateral cooperation of the two countries in the fields of agriculture and farm-related trade and investments.

The MOU further strengthened bilateral cooperation between the two Southeast Asian countries, particularly in the fields of agriculture and farm-related trade and investments.

After two years of negotiations, the United States and Chile signed an agreement in June 2003 that will lead to completely duty-free bilateral trade within 12 years.

They selected two subjects with bilateral damage to the amygdala, as well as six control subjects and six subjects with brain damage.

Eritrean President, Issais Afewerki, and his Sudanese counterpart Omer Hassan Al-Bashir held talks in Asmara on Thursday on a number of bilateral issues of mutual concern to the two East African countries.

In February 2005, a bilateral trade agreement ( BTA ) between the two countries entered into force.

Lithuania's suspension of two strongly ethnic Polish district councils on charges of blocking reform or disloyalty during the August 1991 coup had cooled relations with Poland, but bilateral cooperation markedly increased with the holding of elections in those districts and the signing of a bilateral Friendship Treaty in 1994.

As bilateral trade had more than tripled from USD 66. 6 million in 2003 to USD 228. 3 million in 2006, time had come to strengthen the ties between the two countries, energy and finance being the key areas of cooperation between Russia and Luxembourg.

However, the two countries have been unable even to reach agreement on a basic bilateral treaty ; Romania is insistent ( against determined Moldovan resistance ) that such a treaty would have to refer to Romania and Moldova's ' special relationship '.

The state of the relationships between the two neighboring countries has hindered bilateral collaboration and has left the Arab Maghreb Union ( UMA ) project almost inactive.

The two leaders discussed a wide range of issues focusing on peace and prosperity within West Africa, bilateral trade, and the transition to democracy in both countries.

The two neighbors have cooperative bilateral relations.

In August 2005, Brunei's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, Prince Mohamed Bolkiah arrived in Singapore for a three-day visit during which the two countries signed an agreement to eliminate double taxation, paving the way for further bilateral trade and investment.

Trade between two traders is called bilateral trade, while trade between more than two traders is called multilateral trade.

It is possible however for a bilateral treaty to have more than two parties ; consider for instance the bilateral treaties between Switzerland and the European Union ( EU ) following the Swiss rejection of the European Economic Area agreement.

In 2008-09, India emerged as the largest trade partner of the UAE with bilateral trade between the two countries exceeding US $ 44. 5 billion.

Due to bilateral symmetry the brain has a hippocampus in both cerebral hemispheres, so every normal brain has two of them.

This followed three years of bilateral negotiations between the two governments and the establishment of a transitional Joint Administrative Authority ( JAA ) in November 1992 to administer the territory.

During the final stages of the negatotiations on bilateral disputes between the two countries, Luns decided to come to an arrangement with his German colleague on his own accord.