Mr Harper's government has been reinforcing ties with Britain.
Later in the year Xi reinforced ties with Southeast Asia by visiting Malaysia and Indonesia and attending the annual summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group in Bali.
In his campaign, Mr. Bush raised the prospect of strongly reinforced ties with Japan, and if most Americans missed this message, Japanese leaders received it loud and clear.
Determined not to be marginalised by a Veltroni-led PD, the prime minister has reinforced ties with the more radical leftists of his coalition by agreeing to support them in ongoing negotiations over pension reform.
(Reuters) BRITAIN: ACCORD WITH CHILE -- Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said he had reached agreement with his Chilean counterpart, Soledad Alvear, reinforcing ties between the two countries that were strained by the arrest in England of the former dictator Augusto Pinochet.
The longitudinal shear force is transferred by the concrete plugs passing through the web openings, acting with or without reinforcing tie-bars.
As the crisis progressed, Mubārak took steps to reinforce his ties with Egypt's senior military leadership.
In Sofia on Tuesday, Ms. Ferrero-Waldner of the European Union said the decision to free the six medical workers "will open the way for a new and enhanced relationship between the E.U. and Libya and reinforce our ties with the Mediterranean region and the whole of Africa".
The fleet would be deployed in the South China Sea and the Western Pacific from mid-May to end June to reinforce military ties with ASEAN, in addition to showcasing India's naval capabilities.
Experimental tests on reinforced concrete ties with skin reinforcement made of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers (GFRP) mesh are presented in the paper.
