1.   Because of the Security Council meeting, the first session of semi-yearly cooperation talks between Vice President Al Gore and Chernomyrdin was postponed until Thursday afternoon.

2.   French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua arrived Friday on a three-day visit for cooperation talks with Saudi Arabia, diplomats said.

3.   Gustafsson heads a Swedish government delegation that arrived in Kiev Tuesday for cooperation talks.

4.   It said Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani and his Tajik counterpart Shirali Khairullayev held their first round of military cooperation talks Sunday.

5.   Such an accord would open up trade and set up regular cooperation talks on areas ranging from foreign affairs and crime-fighting to tourism and education.

6.   The European Union told Croatia Friday it will not start trade and economic cooperation talks unless Zagreb reverses a decision to expel United Nations peacekeepers.

7.   The European Union told Croatia on Friday it will not start trade and economic cooperation talks unless the U.N. force is allowed to stay.

8.   Her trip to the Stalinist North came five days after the North pulled out of economic cooperation talks, which were to be held in Seoul last Tuesday.

9.   A top Turkish general left here for Israel on Sunday to take part in strategic military cooperation talks with Israeli and US officials, the Anatolia news agency said.

10.   Acebes will, said the source, use the meeting here to sound out his colleagues and reach a common position before launching cooperation talks with Washington.