"These are bilateral negotiations between two sovereign countries, " U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Mirembe Nantongo said.
This is only going to get resolved through face-to-face bilateral negotiations between the parties.
In pursuit of that goal, we will develop regional initiatives with multilateral participation, alongside bilateral negotiations.
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The first of these initiatives out of the box will be the subject of bilateral negotiations this week in Geneva.
Even on the aircraft dispute, the shift to an independent arbiter may be more constructive than endless acrimonious bilateral negotiations.
John Weekes told me that these days, bilateral negotiations are a competitive game - the first one in gets the best deal.
Many complex issues such as access for foreign companies to China's commercial services sector have not been resolved, despite progress in bilateral negotiations.
We learned from that experience that while disputes may arise in the course of business, they can be settled properly through bilateral negotiations.
Tehran welcomed an offer of bilateral negotiations from US Vice-President Joe Biden earlier this month but warned they had to be genuine and "fair".
"North Korea wants to get the U.S. to direct bilateral negotiations by using the missile card, " said Paik Hak-soon, a North Korea expert at the Seoul-based Sejong Institute.
Although large diplomatic bodies, like the United Nations, are successful in dealing with some areas of conflict, the vast majority of diplomacy is conducted in smaller, bilateral negotiations.
And on the second track, a willingness and openness to engage in serious bilateral negotiations -- either bilateral or through the P5-plus-1 -- that has always been his approach.
Selective suspension of U.S.-Soviet bilateral economic consultations and negotiations, including those involving the Trade Agreement, Investment Treaty, and Energy Working Group.
New bilateral free-trade negotiations will be pulled from the table.
The agreement commits the United States and Afghanistan to initiate negotiations on a bilateral security agreement, to supersede our current status of forces agreement.
We have been open to considering negotiations that are bilateral, but we have none scheduled and we have no agreement with the Iranians to do that.
It also throws a pall over ongoing negotiations for a bilateral security agreement that would govern the presence of U.S. forces in Afghanistan after the current combat mission ends in 2014.
But the Afghan leader's trip to Washington has been seen as a crucial step in negotiations over a bilateral security agreement that will determine the number and the function of US troops remaining in Afghanistan beyond 2014.
Disagreements over the detention facility, which also included whether Afghans can be held without trial, had thrown a pall over the ongoing negotiations for a bilateral security agreement that would govern the presence of U.S. forces in Afghanistan after 2014.
The United States and Japan are in the middle of negotiations on a new bilateral treaty.
Did the issue of timing of the TPP negotiations come up in the bilateral Prime Minister Noda today?
After months of talk, after two weeks of negotiations, after innumerable side meetings, bilateral meetings, endless hours of discussion among negotiators, I believe that the pieces of that accord should now be clear.
Moreover, the fear of losing favourable treatment in a bilateral agreement can deter governments from talking tough in multilateral negotiations.
During the news conference at the presidential palace, Karzai also discussed ongoing negotiations on a U.S.-Afghan bilateral security agreement.
U.S.-Chinese negotiations are expected to intensify on the entire range of bilateral relations, especially regarding trade and economic disputes, ahead of the dialogue.
In negotiating a new one, Russia would, on past form, use its bilateral ties with big countries to get its way in what ought to be multilateral negotiations.
In the meantime, several members are pressing ahead with bilateral trade agreements that pre-empt and, in the eyes of some, undermine collective negotiations.
It will be the third round of bilateral talks since last summer, aimed at restarting six-nation aid-for-disarmament negotiations on North Korea's nuclear program.
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