41.   Yilmaz in March proposed talks with Athens on settling long-standing disputes, but Greece has not accepted the offer.

42.   He also proposed indirect talks with separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev through the intermediary of Russian or foreign political leaders.

43.   He said he proposed new talks in mid-January.

44.   He said Kabila had proposed talks in rebel-held Lubumbashi which he rejected.

45.   Hina said Zagreb had also proposed talks in Knin on restoring rail and road links with Krajina.

46.   In April, the United States and South Korea proposed talks with North Korea and China for peace on the Korean peninsula.

47.   Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati proposed the talks at an OIC meeting in Islamabad in September.

48.   Earlier Friday, Secretary of State Warren Christopher said the United States had proposed higher-level talks with North Korea in Geneva.

49.   The talks were originally proposed by Presidents Clinton and Kim after their last meeting in April.

50.   The talks were proposed by Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Akbar Velayati at a meeting of his OIC counterparts here at the beginning of September.