1.   He said the foreign ministers of Indonesia and Portugal had agreed to meet in New York in two weeks to try to move the talks forward.

2.   In an attempt to move the talks forward, the league presented a formal proposal to the Canadian government last week.

3.   One lesson of the failed Clinton mediation is that U.S. leaders cannot force Middle East peace talks forward when one of the principal parties is unwilling to budge.

4.   State Department officials said Albright was reluctant to visit the region until she sensed she could significantly move talks forward.

5.   The inability of the United States and Europe to agree on an agenda for moving trade talks forward was one of the main reasons the talks broke down.

6.   Christopher is visiting the region in an effort to propel Israel-Syria peace talks forward.

7.   Iran last week presented the conference with its own proposed draft treaty to try to move the talks forward.

8.   Kimball said the text could provoke other countries to make counter proposals and move the talks forward.

9.   Kimball said the text could induce other countries to make counter-proposals and thus move the talks forward.

10.   Last month, China urged Israel to show flexibility to push Middle East peace talks forward.