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 | | Last month, Poland and Russia engaged in a similar "swap" when Poland expelled nine suspected spies from the Russian embassy in Warsaw and Russia responded by demanding the departure of nine Polish diplomats (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 24 January 2000). |
 | | All parties agreed that further peace talks within the Six-Plus-Two group (Russia, the U.S., China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) are needed to expedite a settlement of the civil war in Afghanistan and should be supplemented by international and private initiatives. |
 | | According to the BNF leadership, Lukashenka is preparing to abolish Belarusian sovereignty and that his personnel policy is intended to serve this goal, the agency reported. |
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