21.   The strikers agreed to remove their pickets and hold talks with the government.

22.   The postponement was due to a dispute over where the talks should be held.

23.   They agreed future extradition arrangements for fugitive criminals, and decided that talks would be held on the creation of a final Court of Appeal.

24.   He identified high wage rises as the most serious problem, and announced that he would hold talks with employers and unions on how to restrain wage increases.

25.   Nevertheless their Foreign Ministers were able to hold talks with US and UK delegates and with the Danish Foreign Minister, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen.

26.   Horn held further talks the next day with President Patrick Hillery and Terry Leyden, Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce.

27.   In February zal held talks with President Mitterrand in Paris with a view to encouraging French investment in Turkey.

28.   During his visit Maude held talks with Li Peng, the Chinese Premier, and Wu Xueqian, a Vice-Premier.

29.   He also offered to hold televised talks with Bush and Thatcher, an initiative summarily dismissed by the UK and US governments.

30.   Presidents Hafez al Assad of Syria and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt hold talks in Alexandria.