91.   The group will continue its consultations Wednesday and Thursday, European diplomats said, adding that on Thursday it would probably meet at the ministerial level.

92.   The group is scheduled to meet at ministerial level at the end of September at the United Nations in New York.

93.   The government has demanded that Sinn Fein give guarantees on IRA disarmament before any talks with the republican party can be held at ministerial level.

94.   The meeting of the contact group -- Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States -- is at the ministerial level and set for Thursday.

95.   The meeting at the French foreign ministry was designed to prepare the way for a meeting at ministerial level in Brussels on Friday.

96.   The Paris meeting is expected to be followed up before the end of the year by another meeting of donor countries at ministerial level.

97.   The meeting will be held at ministerial level from Wednesday through Friday.