Dubbed "Operation Close Encounters, " it was done slowly and carefully, with some interviews lasting an hour.
He also welcomed close co-operation with SNP, Sinn Fein and Labour fishing ministers in the devolved institutions.
The two groups, working in close co-operation, have been staging sit-ins and marches since the middle of last year.
He acknowledged the good safety record of UK and Norwegian drilling and promised to work in close co-operation with their national governments.
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The spat has poisoned relations between America and Europe at a time when their close co-operation is more important than ever.
But despite these convulsions, there have been times of close co-operation - in the first Gulf War, in Bosnia and now Afghanistan.
The US has welcomed Monday's agreement as the first step towards the restoration of full diplomatic relations and close co-operation against drugs.
This will make close co-operation between regulatory authorities a necessity as has been demonstrated in the joint governance of the Single Electricity market in Ireland.
Short of that, however, close co-operation is still on the cards.
Some doubt that the two countries could manage such close co-operation.
New technologies can only flourish in hospitable environments, and the close co-operation of industry and government in Europe has provided just that in the area of wireless.
But it is barely conceivable that they could undertake similar attacks against Syria without the close co-operation and public endorsement of both Turkey and the Arab League.
Close co-operation in counterterrorism, marine exercises and anti-piracy efforts continues.
But with no money coming in, car sales down and an expensive new technologies coming for 2009, Honda felt they had no choice but to close their F1 operation.
In Northern Ireland, my government will continue to work towards the full implementation of all aspects of the Belfast Agreement and maintain close co-operation with the Republic of Ireland.
Judging by the past, close co-operation may prove difficult.
One signatory described him as a "true believer", who was unlikely to change his view of policy on Iraq or on the importance of his close co-operation with the current US administration.
Those fees, among the highest in the industry, include 3% of clients' assets managed by the firm plus as much as 50% of investment profits, according to fund documents and people close to the operation.
But the Ryder Cup is an event which has spread far beyond the limits of the Celtic Manor, consuming the entire city of Newport and beyond, and requiring the close co-operation of dozens of bodies.
On the nuclear stand-off with Iran, recently there has been close co-operation between Germany and the US, and some analysts say Chancellor Merkel has restored German diplomacy to balancing relations between the US, France and Russia.
So far the antiresearch crowd has forced the company to close a small operation that distributed primates in the U.K. Remarkably, antivivisectionists have not pursued Foster in the U.S. A bigger challenge to preclinical research may be to beat out such competitors as Covance, which originally specialized in human clinical trials, and MDS, a provider of contract drug discovery services.
Menzies Aviation said its Chicago Airport operation would close after having exhausted all alternative options over the last two years.
Interpol also said an Incident Response Team was being sent to Mumbai at the request of the Indian police to ensure close international co-operation.
The carbon reduction is equivalent to removing close to 250 automobiles from operation for one year or preserving over 11 acres of forest.
The bank said in a statement that the decision to close the High Street advice operation "reflects the emerging trend that customers are increasingly purchasing and managing their investments online".
Prior to the purchase, those neighbors had been paying close attention to the Ohio egg operation, then called Buckeye Egg Farm.
As the operation draws to a close, it is clear that British and American troops are still the powers behind the fight in Helmand.
Humans co-operated with each other in hunting and fighting, but this co-operation occurred within groups of close relatives.
Bristol East Labour MP Kerry McCarthy urged the council to turn down the application for the operation on the site, close to the Hicks Gate roundabout.
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Brett Willberg, who runs an ice factory, says he has never bothered to fix the electric gate in front of his operation, which does not close.
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