Even the bombastic Mr Paisley has not ruled out participating in the talks at one remove, through bilateral discussions with the British government.
And earlier today I was pleased to have wide ranging bilateral discussions with both President Karzai of Afghanistan and President Zardari of Pakistan.
"The discussions, both the bilateral discussions and the common discussion, have shown us that there is sufficient potential for an agreement, " she added.
The announcement the talks would resume February 25 in Kazakhstan followed news that the United States is willing to hold bilateral discussions with Iran under the right conditions.
While Iran regularly holds nuclear talks with the European Union, Russia and China, Tuesday was the first time in nearly three years it has held bilateral discussions with Britain at nuclear talks.
United States officials use several mechanisms to coordinate counterdrug priorities with Europe, most notably through the biannual United States-European Union Troika meetings and bilateral discussions with United Kingdom counterparts on counternarcotics cooperation in Afghanistan.
Given the current state of U.S.-Russia bilateral relations, recent discussions surrounding the BST project are somewhat surprising.
At least as important as the group discussions will be bilateral meetings.
Mr Hill's discussions in Beijing involved some bilateral talks with North Korea's deputy foreign minister, Kim Gye Gwan.
Discussions since then have been bilateral and multilateral, formal and informal.
This allows us to expand discussions not only on our bilateral relationship, which is strong, and the cooperation that we've seen on issues like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but it also allows us to discuss how we can best use the East Asia Summit to assure shared prosperity and shared security across the region.
He later held a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for discussions on climate change.
Lastly, at the bilateral meetings, we had productive and wide-ranging discussions, and mostly of friendly partnership.
The President looks forward to holding discussions with the Prime Minister on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues, including the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance, economic and trade issues, and deepening bilateral cooperation.
And discussions will also cover our combined strategy to bring peace and security to Afghanistan, longer-term bilateral relations, shared responsibility behind efforts to improve accountability and the performance of the Afghan government, and the growth of the Afghan economy in sustainable ways.
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