71.   Keating said under the arrangement, a ministerial level consultative group will be established to expand trade and investment and encourage business co-operation.

72.   London is demanding Sinn Fein guarantees on IRA disarmament before any such talks can be held at ministerial level.

73.   Last September, the European Union and the SADC met at ministerial level in Berlin to pave the way for cooperation between the two organisations.

74.   Lien and Hsu both hold ranks above ministerial level.

75.   Loyalist representatives have already been meeting with Ancram, and Sinn Fein has been pressing hard for advancement of its talks to the ministerial level.

76.   Meanwhile, Lebanon has refused another US request to raise its delegation to peace negotiations with Israel to ministerial level, government officials said Thursday.

77.   Namibia and Malawi were both represented at ministerial level.

78.   Negotiators who talked long into the night without finding a compromise said the political and economic differences would have to be resolved bilaterally at ministerial level.

79.   Other countries will be represented at ministerial level.

80.   Parallel talks on ministerial level were also scheduled on monetary union, the Schengen accords on closer cooperation, the fight against drugs, and cultural cooperation.