31.   Indirect talks with British and US diplomats as go-betweens began in London on Sunday, the British Foreign Office said Tuesday.

32.   Israel recognizes Syrian sovereignty over the Golan Heights, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Thursday ahead of the expected resumption next week of indirect talks between the two enemies.

33.   Indirect talks through a three-member mediating committee, however, have continued, with some sources hinting at a breakthrough close at hand.

34.   Indirect talks to resolve the dispute between the two countries were postponed last month because of legislative and presidential elections in Macedonia.

35.   Iran denied Wednesday it held indirect secret talks with Israel through Germany over the fate of a missing Israeli fighter pilot, Ron Arad.

36.   Iranian sources said the two sides had agreed in indirect talks in Tehran to extend the truce for another month.

37.   A Dudayev boycott of indirect talks with Moscow would signal the collapse of the entire Chechnya peace plan announced by Yeltsin last month.

38.   But a pro-Saudi faction headed by Yunes Khales has refused to join the indirect talks taking place behind closed doors at the foreign ministry.

39.   Christopher said indirect talks would be held with the warring sides ahead of the conference in a bid to convince all sides to participate in the peace effort.

40.   The UN peacekeeping force on Cyprus has issued invitations for indirect military talks, he said.