Negotiations are often carried out in secrecy to avoid compromising the safety of hostages.

商议经常是秘密进行，以防止危及到人质的安全。

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For the sake of the safety of the hostages and the success of the rescue efforts, please understand that I'd rather not disclose more details.

为了人质的安全，为了营救工作的顺利进行，请你能够谅解，我在此不便透露进一步细节。

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For the past 17 years, Lopez has worked as a kidnap and ransom negotiator, a job in which his own safety - as well as that of the hostages - depends on his anonymity.

在过去的17年，洛佩兹的工作是一名绑架和赎金谈判人，这份工作，他自己的安全，人质的安全都取决于他的隐姓埋名。

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"I do not want to disclose publicly the information we are getting, but we are intensively engaged through a whole variety of different channels, but I do not disguise the fact that we are extremely concerned for the safety of the hostages,"

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"There is so much conflicting information on safety of the hostages, " Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters in Tokyo.

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Even the governments of foreign nationals seized by Abu Sayyaf renegades are behind President Joseph Estrada in his handling of the crisis and his giving top priority to the safety of the hostages.

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Several of the hostages had appeared in videos warning against military intervention for the sake of their own safety.

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