21.   Balkan presidents pledged Wednesday to smooth out problems in the way of holding free and fair elections in Bosnia next month and to respect its outcome.

22.   Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey called Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic an opportunist just two days before three Balkan presidents gather for indirect peace talks in Ohio.

23.   Christopher was expected to raise those concerns during his talks in Geneva on Wednesday with Balkan presidents.

24.   The United States is hosting talks between the three Balkan presidents on Wednesday, one day after the leaders were to travel to Moscow to meet with Yeltsin.

25.   The United States confirmed Friday that Bosnian Serb leaders had formally endorsed the Bosnia peace accord agreed to by three Balkan presidents representing the warring sides earlier this week.

26.   US Secretary of State Warren Christopher Tuesday held peace talks here with Balkan presidents, but there was no sign of progress, the State Department said.

27.   None of which detracted from the historic accord he managed to wrest from three Balkan presidents cloistered in this midwestern US air base for three weeks of wearying negotiations.

28.   Secretary of State Warren Christopher will meet with the three Balkan presidents Wednesday and outline US objectives in the peace talks.