21.   U.N. peacekeepers have laid the ground for IFOR by holding periodic, three-way talks with Bosnian and Serb forces.

22.   In the transition countries further progress in the control of inflation and continued advances in structural reform are laying the ground for stronger growth.

23.   Israel has responded by accusing Arafat of laying the ground for violence.

24.   Abdullah said that the summit had laid the ground for improved economic and other exchanges between the two continents.

25.   The Russian envoy visited Kuwait and Iraq last week, and laid the ground for a projected visit to the two states by Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev.