21.   Peace is far from assured, however, despite renewed pledges of cooperation from Balkan leaders at a weekend summit in Rome.

22.   Papandreou has held a series of similar low-key meetings with Balkan leaders after the insurgency by ethnic Albanian guerrillas broke out in February.

23.   Agreement was reached after U.S. negotiators presented Balkan leaders with a last-ditch proposal to overcome a stubborn territorial dispute.

24.   Agreement was reached after U.S. negotiators presented Balkan leaders with a last-ditch proposal to overcome a stubborn territorial dispute blocking a Bosnian peace agreement.

25.   Balkan leaders are gathering in this Turkish seaside resort to make a last-ditch effort to persuade regional neighbor Yugoslavia to accept international demands on Kosovo and avert NATO airstrikes.

26.   Balkan leaders hope that peace in the region will improve their chances for economic aid and integration into Western institutions such as NATO and the European Union.

27.   Balkan leaders signed an arms control accord required by the U.S.-brokered peace accord to prevent an arms race in the former Yugoslavia.

28.   Balkan leaders signing the treaty were presidents Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia, Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia and Franjo Tudjman of Croatia.

29.   Balkan leaders consider Western aid plans.

30.   Balkan leaders hold a summit in Greece to discuss economic cooperation, trade and efforts to fight organized crime.