1.   The Kurdish delegation was led by Masoud Barzani, leader of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan, who attended the talks for the first time.

2.   Azerbaijani President Ayaz Mutalibov failed, however, to attend talks scheduled for the same day with Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

3.   The talks were also attended by most Arab countries, with the exception of Iraq and Libya.

4.   The talks were attended by all the other parties which had secured representation in the National Assembly.

5.   Attending talks in Brussels, the Paymaster General, Sir John Cope, welcomed a change of heart from Germany and Spain.

6.   And if he does not go in to attend the talks, he will stay around the house.

7.   Arafat, initially cool to the proposal, was expected to give his final answer about attending the talks after a meeting late Friday of the Palestinian cabinet.

8.   As usual, Milosevic did not appear in public himself Saturday, letting other Serbian leaders express wary willingness to attend the talks.

9.   Attending the talks are leaders of the Protestant community, known as unionists and loyalists, and delegates from the Catholic population, known as nationalists and republicans.

10.   Blumenthal, the Connecticut attorney general, was discouraged enough that he returned home and did not attend the talks Saturday.