51.   In addition, the Chinese delegation will hold talks with Swedish export companies with interests in China.

52.   In Sarajevo the US delegation will hold meetings with various Bosnian government officials and business leaders.

53.   A Congressional delegation held talks on UN reform here Tuesday with UN officials as the US Congress prepares legislation setting conditions for the payment of US arrears.

54.   A French foreign ministry delegation held talks Tuesday with Serbian counterparts on bilateral ties and the crisis in former Yugoslavia, a French diplomatic source said.

55.   A high-level Pakistan delegation held meetings with top Taliban leadership and chief of the rival Uzbek faction of northern warlord Abdul Rashid Dostam over the weekend, they said.

56.   A US military delegation is holding talks with west African officials on setting up a communications system to assist peacekeeping operations, a regional body said.

57.   According to Moscow Echo radio, the Chechen delegation held intensive talks on the status issue with separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev in the mountains overnight.

58.   An Iraqi Kurdish delegation held talks in Tehran on Wednesday with Iraqi Shiite Moslem opposition leader Ayatollah Mohammad Bakir Hakim on uniting the dissident groups, opposition sources said.

59.   An official Lebanese delegation held security talks with US officials in Washington in February but failed to persuade the US administration to end the restrictions.

60.   Antara said that the delegation will hold a series of meetings while in East Timor, including with President XBh ca Gusmao and Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri.