11.   Valentim countered that UN mediator Alioune Blondin Beye had agreed Monday to include the four points demanded by UNITA in the talks agenda.

12.   Kabila refused Friday to board the vessel, citing principally security concerns and claiming he had not been officially invited nor given a clear outline of the talks agenda.

13.   Meanwhile, the State Department confirmed that the issue of war criminals was firmly on the talks agenda.