21.   Clerides and top Cypriot officials were in Athens on a two-day working visit to meet with Simitis and members of his new Cabinet.

22.   Clerides was accompanied on his working visit by Foreign Minister Alecos Michaelides and Defense Minister Costas Eliades.

23.   Chernomyrdin returned Thursday from a working visit to the United States, where he sought to reassure officials that Russia was not backing down from economic reforms.

24.   Constantinescu was in Bonn for a short working visit at the invitation of Kohl, government spokesman Peter Hausmann said in a statement.

25.   Cook, on a working visit to Sofia, discussed the matter with President Petar Stoyanov.

26.   Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman arrived Monday for a brief working visit and talks with his Austrian counterpart, Viktor Klima.

27.   Dr Mahathir is in Tokyo on a five-day working visit, during which he addressed two international-level conferences of economists.

28.   During his four-day working visit to Tokyo, Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, met top Japanese officials including Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga.

29.   Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told reporters in Brussels that Blair would arrive in the Russian capital on Thursday evening for an unofficial working visit, Russian news agencies reported.

30.   French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin arrived in Greece late Sunday for a two-day working visit, authorities said.