Israel's ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said his government is ready to open peace talks with Syria.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Mr.Orban's government will have to re-open talks with international lenders later this year.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

They proposed new government-to-government talks aimed first at a two-year deal, then at a long-term revision of the treaty.

ECONOMIST: Canada

Under Mr Santos' predecessor, Alvaro Uribe - in power between 2002 and 2010 - the Colombian government refused to hold talks with the Farc.

BBC: Colombia and Farc rebels chart course for peace talks

In New York, the so-called "six plus two" nations -- those neighboring Afghanistan along with the United States and Russia -- were slated to resume talks on a post-Taliban government.

CNN: Move into Afghan capital hastens diplomatic steps