31.   Burns added that senior State Department official Robert Gallucci debated these issues in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday with European mediator for the former Yugoslavia Carl Bildt.

32.   But it said the meeting would not take place on Friday as had been indicated earlier by European mediator Lord Owen.

33.   Carl Bildt, the European mediator in former Yugoslavia, is to return to Bosnia next week with a mandate to achieve five goals, Chirac said.

34.   Carl Bildt, the new European mediator in former Yugoslavia will brief foreign ministers over dinner Monday but no new initiatives are expected from this meeting.

35.   European mediator in former Yugoslavia Carl Bildt warned late Sunday that tougher western measures against the Bosnian Serbs could lead to a Balkan war lasting several years.

36.   European mediator for the former Yugoslavia Carl Bildt Tuesday warned progress towards peace in Bosnia would be jeopardised unless there was an immediate ceasefire.

37.   US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke by phone with European mediator Franz Vranitzky but her spokesman said that proposal had not been discussed.

38.   Kozyrev and Grachev said they preferred a political solution in Bosnia, and hailed European mediator Carl Bildt for his work in that direction.

39.   Most of the negotiations will be conducted indirectly, however, with US and European mediators shuttling between the three camps, who will be housed in separate barracks.

40.   Most of the negotiations will be conducted indirectly, with US and European mediators shuttling between the three camps, who will be housed in separate barracks.