91.   Other issues such as the future status of Sarajevo and the corridor to government-held Gorazde in eastern Bosnian were close to an agreement the official added.

92.   Peace accords concluded in August with Moscow set a five-year period in which to decide the future status of Chechnya.

93.   Peace talks launched last June broke down in October amid disagreements over prisoner releases and the future status of Chechnya, which Moscow insists must remain part of Russia.

94.   Russia and the United States have also expressed concern, saying the vote could threaten continuing peace talks on the future status of the enclave.

95.   Russia deployed a buffer force in the Black Sea region under a mandate from the Commonwealth of Independent States while political negotiations continue on the future status of Abkhazia.

96.   Russia and the United States expressed concern that the vote could threaten continuing peace talks on the future status of the enclave.

97.   Since the end of the war, talks between Georgians and Abkhazis have centred on the repatriation of refugees and the future political status of Abkhazia.

98.   The future political status of the republic has been one of the main stumbling blocks to a peace accord.

99.   The future status of Brcko, a river port town in northern Bosnia, was never fully settled during the Dayton peace talks which ended the conflict last year.

100.   The future status of the little Caucasian republic remains the major stumbling block.