61.   He claimed he has a plan to settle the conflict between PTT and the conservation groups, but did not want to reveal it until the result is known.

62.   He also said the visit has changed his ideas about settling the conflict.

63.   He said the two sides may not be far from reaching an agreement and he wants to help settle the conflict.

64.   He said the Kosovo Liberation Army is receiving reinforcements and that this jeopardizes attempts to settle the conflict.

65.   He warned that the country would disintegrate if measures were not taken to settle the conflict.

66.   In another development, the same administration official said the U.S. has urged Russia to settle its conflict with Chechnya through negotiations.

67.   In an attempt to settle the conflict, Yeltsin met with Skuratov on Thursday and said he would create a government panel to investigate the tape.

68.   International negotiators said Wednesday that Armenia and Azerbaijan are committed to settling the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave through peaceful means.

69.   Ismail said he believed even China, which has passed a law claiming all the Spratlys, is looking for ways to settle the conflict through negotiations.

70.   It came as representatives of Abkhazia and the Georgian government were meeting in Moscow for another round of Kremlin-sponsored negotiations aimed at settling their conflict.