21.  Feissel said he planned to meet separately with Denktash and Clerides to find common positions prior to a new round of talks, which will be held before Thursday.

22.  Foreign ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement meeting in Bandung, Indonesia, this week will make a last-ditch effort to produce a common position.

23.  French diplomats also said they had reservations about the resolution, and private discussions were underway Wednesday to find a common position.

24.  Foreign ministers spent the previous three days trying to iron out a new common Arab position on the future of relations between Iraq and Kuwait.

25.  German Ambassador Antonius Eitel, emerging from the closed-door meeting, said it was unlikely the council would reach a common position Wednesday.

26.  He acknowledged that there remained differences over when NATO would agree to stop its air campaign but expressed optimism that a common position could be found.

27.  He said he expects France and Germany to take a common position at the Madrid meeting.

28.  He said the exports could resume as soon as this week if the Finance Ministry and State Customs Committee work out a common position with the State Assay Chamber.

29.  It noted that Germany is attempting to reach a common position with its European Union partners.

30.  It served to present a common position of the Customs industry to important international organisations that play a significant role in global trade.