11.   The conference sponsors are pushing a peace deal that would give Kosovo three years of autonomy.

12.   The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Bank and Danida, the Danish international development agency, are among the conference sponsors.

13.   Participants thanked Tunisia for hosting the closed-door discussions, which were chaired by the Madrid peace conference sponsors Russia and the United States.

14.   The closed-door meeting chaired by the Madrid peace conference sponsors Russia and the United States was due to end later Wednesday.