21.   South Korean officials saw the North as merely bluffing to force bilateral peace treaty negotiations with Washington, which the South opposes.

22.   The Defense Ministry said it opposed the idea out of concern that the North might use the direct link for peace treaty negotiations that would exclude the South.

23.   The North wants to exclude the South from any peace treaty negotiations.

24.   The two leaders proposed peace treaty negotiations between North and South Korea, with the United States and China sitting in as mediators.

25.   The United States wants the support of Egypt and other pivotal countries in treaty negotiations due to begin in New York in mid-April, Holum said.

26.   The United States is a latecomer to the treaty negotiations under way in Oslo, Norway.

27.   Treaty negotiations are going on in Geneva.

28.   Graham, who is in charge of treaty negotiations, is respect by Maori for his handling of negotiations and his sensitivity to Maori views.

29.   He played a major role in treaty negotiations.

30.   But even in India does not change its mind in Geneva, he said, it would not mean the treaty negotiations had failed.