21.   Rubin also held bilateral meetings with finance ministers from France, the U.K. and Germany.

22.   Rubin also held a bilateral meeting with Tietmeyer and the German delegation ahead of the multilateral meeting.

23.   Rubin also held a bilateral meeting with Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer ahead of the multilateral meeting, officials said.

24.   The discussions, including bilateral meetings, between Presidents Putin and Bill Clinton reaffirmed that Russia and the United States should continue seeking mutually acceptable solutions.

25.   The four factions will then convene in a full session and later break up into smaller bilateral meetings.

26.   The senior administration official said he could not speculate on what, if anything, might come out of the bilateral meeting between the two leaders.

27.   The trip will consist primarily of bilateral meetings on trade and other issues, with no breakthrough expected with Russia on arms control issues.

28.   The U.S. used bilateral meetings during an APEC summit to smooth the passage of the information technology agreement.

29.   There are worries that Yeltsin might clam up under verbal siege, and the bilateral meeting between Yeltsin and Clinton would produce nothing.

30.   Tomorrow, the commissioners and Irish government ministers begin a series of bilateral meetings to draw up an agenda for the presidency.