81.   KEPCO promised to select the priority negotiating partner by the end of February and conclude negotiations by the end of March.

82.   KEPCO has promised to select the preferred negotiating partner by the end of February and conclude negotiations by the end of March.

83.   Sharon spokesman Arieh Mekel put the blame personally on Arafat, whom the Israelis have been trying to sideline as a negotiating partner.

84.   Sheikh Hamad said Gulf states demanded that Israel respect agreements already concluded with its Arab negotiating partners.

85.   Such statements and the fact that no guns were fired are bound to change the image of the radical group and drive home its importance as a negotiating partner.