Yet together they formed the Patriotic Front and in 1979 sat side by side in talks, yet again in London, which brought, the following year, independence for Zimbabwe.
It said the Taliban movement "always tries to solve the issue or the problem with the opposite side through talks" and warned the Western coalition that they would "never force the Afghans to obey them by force".
He maintained that the French Top 14 side were in talks with Jonny Wilkinson's representatives about a summer move to the continent.
But it seems it took the near-derailment of talks for each side to realize how much it needs the other.
"I was disappointed with my goalkicking but I was pretty pleased with the rest of my game, " said Cipriani, who also brushed aside questions about rumoured talks with French side Stade Francais, after the game.
Both sides appeared to be holding hard lines and digging in following the landslide reelection of President Barack Obama, but during the first talks Friday each side showed more of a willingness to compromise.
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He has recently held talks with English county side Hampshire over a consultancy and advisory role there.
Boehner stomps out of the talks, claiming the other side changed the rules mid-game.
Morales called the prefects to La Paz to begin the negotiation process but talks broke down with each side accusing the other of being unwilling to compromise.
But in his joint news briefing with Mr Abbas, he said such problems could not be used "as an excuse to do nothing", and neither side could expect to resolve every outstanding issue before talks resumed.
There is also a negotiating process going on through these talks that the Vice President is overseeing, and the goal of that process is for each side to find common ground and to find an agreement for significant deficit reduction that all the parties to those talks can sign on to.
And key members on the Senate side are also expressing doubt about the outcome of the talks.
So neither side now has I believe the excuse to stand aside from talks.
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My understanding is, is that there is bipartisan talks taking place as we speak on the Senate side about some elements of a package.
But there has been a delay in negotiations as a Yugoslavia diplomat left the talks, ostensibly to consult Belgrade from the Kosovo side of the border.
In June he held talks with Celtic over a possible switch to the Scottish side.
Unlike Mr Bush, Mr Kerry talks in a way that does not jar sensibilities on this side of the Atlantic.
Armstrong-Holmes is still in talks with potential investors interested in putting money into the League Two side.
No talks have taken place since March 11, with lawyers for each side focusing on the initial decisions of a case that has turned labor law on its head.
Talks aimed at implementing the agreement broke off last week, with each side blaming the other for their failure.
All parties to the conflict acknowledge that talks and fighting will go on, at least for some time, side by side.
But is either side really interested in a deal or simply trying to avoid taking the blame if talks fall through?
But six months after the breakdown of trade talks in Seattle there are few signs of a change in attitude on either side of the Atlantic.
We will do what is necessary, and then we hope that each side will continue to take steps necessary to make -- build confidence and make these talks productive.
He says the government still talks to Al Jazeera's new English language news, but not the Arabic side.
Curiously, the commission abruptly dissolved the talks after Google and Verizon, former Internet-policy rivals, announced their own side agreement for a legislative blueprint.
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At the conciliation talks on Friday journalists presented what they said was a constructive proposal, but the Gazprom side dismissed it as an ultimatum.
Furthermore, both governments face powerful hardline groups within their own countries who will be carefully monitoring the talks to make sure concessions they deem to be unacceptable are not offered to the other side.
Nor has the Thai side expressed any readiness to discuss political concessions like autonomy, which might tempt some of the insurgents to support the talks.
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