11.   The talks will help Turkey, suffering a deep economic crisis, to decide whether to accept the command of the force.

12.   Yushenko said that when Vorobyov refused to accept the command, Grachev asked for and received his resignation.

13.   Belgium is waiting for the force to be established before formally accepting the command, Defense Minister Jean-Pol Poncelet said Saturday.

14.   Earlier reports said that General Eduard Vorobiev had resigned after refusing to accept command of the Russian military operation in the breakaway Caucasus republic.