At his cabinet meeting, Mr Sharon stressed Israel's overriding interest in maintaining close co-ordination with America.
He also welcomed close co-operation with SNP, Sinn Fein and Labour fishing ministers in the devolved institutions.
They realised that they needed to achieve their goals not through war but through close co-ordination with allies.
The two groups, working in close co-operation, have been staging sit-ins and marches since the middle of last year.
He acknowledged the good safety record of UK and Norwegian drilling and promised to work in close co-operation with their national governments.
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The spat has poisoned relations between America and Europe at a time when their close co-operation is more important than ever.
But despite these convulsions, there have been times of close co-operation - in the first Gulf War, in Bosnia and now Afghanistan.
The US has welcomed Monday's agreement as the first step towards the restoration of full diplomatic relations and close co-operation against drugs.
This will make close co-operation between regulatory authorities a necessity as has been demonstrated in the joint governance of the Single Electricity market in Ireland.
Short of that, however, close co-operation is still on the cards.
Some doubt that the two countries could manage such close co-operation.
New technologies can only flourish in hospitable environments, and the close co-operation of industry and government in Europe has provided just that in the area of wireless.
But it is barely conceivable that they could undertake similar attacks against Syria without the close co-operation and public endorsement of both Turkey and the Arab League.
Close co-operation in counterterrorism, marine exercises and anti-piracy efforts continues.
In Northern Ireland, my government will continue to work towards the full implementation of all aspects of the Belfast Agreement and maintain close co-operation with the Republic of Ireland.
Judging by the past, close co-operation may prove difficult.
One signatory described him as a "true believer", who was unlikely to change his view of policy on Iraq or on the importance of his close co-operation with the current US administration.
But the Ryder Cup is an event which has spread far beyond the limits of the Celtic Manor, consuming the entire city of Newport and beyond, and requiring the close co-operation of dozens of bodies.
On the nuclear stand-off with Iran, recently there has been close co-operation between Germany and the US, and some analysts say Chancellor Merkel has restored German diplomacy to balancing relations between the US, France and Russia.
Boston, for instance, has seen similar falls in its murder rate, yet it rejected zero-tolerance policing in favour of close co-ordination between the police, probation officers and black leaders, and an effort to get guns off the streets.
Initially, relations between Michael and Terri's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, were close and co-operative.
Interpol also said an Incident Response Team was being sent to Mumbai at the request of the Indian police to ensure close international co-operation.
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"The ASUS U38 delivers a premium feature set to consumers and was co-engineered in close partnership with AMD and Microsoft, and designed for Windows 8, " said S.Y.
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In attempting its current restructuring, Acer faces a formidable Asian rival in China's Lenovo Group, which ranks a close second behind Hewlett-Packard Co. as the world's biggest PC maker.
Up to 388 jobs could be lost following the announcement that the Midlands Co-operative is to close its Fashion and Home department stores.
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But that is what Patricia de Lille of South Africa's Independent Democrats (ID) received at a recent meeting of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the country's main opposition party, when she indicated that the two parties were close to clinching a formal agreement to co-operate at next year's municipal elections.
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