21.   Musharraf talked by phone with Secretary of State Colin Powell after meeting with the ambassador, U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.

22.   Ricky Naidoo, spokesman for South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, said Kabila talked by phone Tuesday morning with Mbeki.

23.   The president also talked by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

24.   Together the two leaders talked by phone with Mitchell in Belfast.

25.   The Foreign Minister and US Secretary of State talked by phone Tuesday morning and both expressed concern, the ministry said.