1.   Further talks at ministerial level were held.

2.   The project was approved at ministerial level.

3.   Full diplomatic relations would be re-established only after a meeting at ministerial level which would be held after the resolution of the remaining issues.

4.   Bananas --the only fruit for which there was not a unified EC import market --were discussed at ministerial level.

5.   However, his denials were rejected by Barnard who described himself as a scapegoat and claimed that there was a cover-up going on from ministerial level down.

6.   In addition, inter-ministerial committees were to be set up to settle administrative questions which, until then, had been discussed at ministerial level.

7.   As announced by Secretary of State Colin Powell, it will be limited to the ministerial level.

8.   Council of Ministers -- Includes representatives of ministerial level -- finance ministers,

9.   He suggested that it could be held at the ministerial level, meaning that Sharon and Yasser Arafat would not necessarily attend.

10.   Here too Powell deftly met his challenge by offering to hold talks at the ministerial level, forcing Sharon to stay in the game and preventing an Arab boycott.