However, India's Ministry of External Affairs declined to give any comments.

Officials from the Chinese Film Bureau and the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television declined to comment today.

Singapore's Ministry of Health has declined to comment on the cases beyond saying that Singapore does not recommend travel to China for such surgical procedures.

However, in 1978, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport declined to grant CVS a license under existing safety regulations, citing issues with the short headway distances.

The Ministry of Agriculture also declined to comment, saying it had no oversight of the sugar industry.

The Ministry of Finance and Economy declined to confirm the report.

He was invited to form a government after Sprigg's second Ministry collapsed in 1890, but declined.

The Ministry of Health declined several requests for interviews for this series of articles.

The Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs had declined Germany's offer to send more than 30 observers, setting a limit of 8.

But the Ministry declined to discuss continuing work on contracts that existed before 1987.