And we commend the Jordanians, the King of Jordan in particular, for overseeing the resumption of talks.
It also demands a resumption of talks over outstanding issues within two weeks, with an agreement to be reached within three months.
The consensus reached by the Group of Eight ministers should pave the way for a resumption of talks between NATO and Yugoslav military leaders.
Last week, Iran's nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, sent a letter to the EU's foreign-policy chief, Catherine Ashton, calling for an immediate resumption of talks without preconditions.
Another focus of the market will be the expected resumption of talks between Republicans and Democrats over how to deal with the so-called U.S. fiscal cliff, analysts said.
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Efforts are now reportedly under way to provide a basis for resumed peace negotiations, but work by mediators has yet to produce guidelines for the resumption of talks.
For example, the tone of Iran's most recent letter has reportedly been more conciliatory than earlier ones, and the letter didn't impose any conditions for the resumption of talks.
"Abbas, during his meeting with Obama, was very clear, telling him that settlement construction was an obstacle on the path to peace and to the resumption of talks, and that this was not possible without a settlement freeze, " said Nimr Hammad.
He believed that the resumption of military talks between the US and China has helped, and said "perhaps we can make an advancement in that regard".
Reaction to a resumption of immigration talks from three Republican members of Congress, all from heavily populated Cuban districts in Florida, was less than enthusiastic.
That committee's report, which Israel has also accepted, calls for an unconditional cessation of violence, a series of confidence-building steps, and ultimately the resumption of peace talks.
On Thursday, Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said attacks against his country had lessened but stressed that any resumption of peace talks was still a long way off.
The surprise second-place finish of the centrist Yesh Atid party in Israel's recent election has spurred optimism in the U.S. that Mr. Netanyahu's next coalition will include officials who will push for a resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians.
Europe and Japan have called for the resumption of world trade talks by the end of this year.
But President Obama has vowed to veto the bid at the council stage, backing Israel's view that a resumption of direct peace talks offer the only route to peace.
The debate was held following a summit on 8 December 2009 in Brussels by the EU's Foreign Affairs Council during which ministers adopted a resolution calling for an "urgent resumption" of peace talks in the Middle East.
North Korea has called for the resumption of six-party talks without preconditions before.
China, North Korea's most important financial and military backer, also welcomed the announcement and reiterated long-standing calls by Beijing for a resumption of six-party talks.
It has called for an emergency meeting to prepare for a resumption of six-party talks, involving America, Japan and Russia as well as China and the two Koreas.
Chinese state media also reported that Mr. Choe agreed to unspecified dialogue and the possible resumption of six-party talks, which were used until 2008 to seek North Korea's reversal of its nuclear program.
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Last month he sent a delegation to Tehran in the latest of a series of talks to negotiate a possible resumption of site visits, but the head of Iran's atomic energy programme Fereydun Abbasi-Davani said visits to Parchin or any other site were "not on the agenda".
"From our standpoint, the purpose will be to facilitate the early resumption of the six-party talks, " P.
His death comes a week before US President Barack Obama is due to visit Israel and the West Bank, but with little optimism of a resumption of the Middle East peace talks which collapsed in 2010, our correspondent adds.
China and Russia, North Korea's closest allies, called for a resumption of the stalled multi-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme.
Mr Sarkozy said that the deal, if honoured, would allow the resumption, presumably in October, of talks between the EU and Russia on a new partnership agreement.
Park's policy calls for strong defense but also for efforts to build trust through aid shipments, reconciliation talks and the resumption of some large-scale economic initiatives as progress occurs on the nuclear issue.
Like Lee, Park is a member of South Korea's main conservative party, but she has promised to find a middle ground by re-engaging Pyongyang through aid shipments, reconciliation talks and the resumption of some large-scale economic initiatives as progress occurs on the nuclear issue.
Urging an early resumption of long-stalled six-party talks committed to reining in North Korea's nuclear program, Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue told Xinhua that "the peninsula's denuclearization and the normalization of relations" was in all parties' interest.
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