Additionally, following Netanyahu's visit to Sofia, the Bulgarian cabinet approved a bilateral military cooperation agreement.
In addition, the Board also approved a programme of cooperation with Ecuador.
(AP) MIDDLE EAST SYRIA: IRAQ PACT APPROVED Parliament has approved a free trade zone with Iraq and called for greater economic cooperation with Baghdad after two decades of animosity, officials said.
The testimony also expresses concern about Syria's nuclear activities, noting that Russia and Syria "have approved a draft program on cooperation on civil nuclear power," expertise that could be applied to a weapons program.
In December 2012, Sweden and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) approved a three-year grant to support the "Optimizing HIV Treatment Access for Pregnant Women (OHTA) Initiative" focussing on four countries; Cote d'Ivoire, Malawi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
But the Swiss Federal Criminal Court approved a plea bargain, citing the defendants' cooperation with the C.I.A. as a mitigating circumstance.
Russia and NATO are also working to build a missile-defense system in Europe; they have approved a mandate that lays out specific cooperation guidelines over the next two years, and have held joint antimissile staff exercises in the United States.
In a brief moment of bipartisan cooperation earlier this summer, the House approved a separate bill that would open the Federal Reserve to a comprehensive audit, a symbolic gesture to long-time anti-Fed crusader Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).
He noted that he had signed the law granting in-state tuition to undocumented young people in Maryland, and approved a measure to limit the state's cooperation with federal immigration enforcers.
B6 BORDER PACT -- The United States and Canada approved a declaration calling for a "smart border," vowing cooperation on measures intended to guard against terrorists while speeding the flow of trade.
