"What if an accord was signed and we were free to stay here?"

French officials said an accord to set up the bank might not be signed until next month.

But both men stopped short of saying that such an accord would be signed.

Officials said they were almost certain that the new accord would be completed and signed within the next two weeks.

Officials in Washington said today that they hoped the accord would be signed next month.

The two countries recently signed an accord to work on development of space technology and satellites.

But more than six months after the accord was signed, the commission is just beginning its work in Bosnia.

An accord was signed between the rulers in February 1029.

Several accords between agencies of the two governments were signed.

The accord, first signed in 1984, was only slightly enlarged.