Geithner said officials from both countries would be holding a series of talks to address remaining concerns in the coming weeks and months.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Following two days of political and economic talks in Beijing, Secretary Clinton told reporters she discussed what she found to be "shortcomings" in the Iranian response with Chinese officials.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"Yet, we did not be discouraged by that. During the Arab summit in Tripoli we reconfirmed our commitment to the proximity talks to help the United States achieve this strategic objective."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

"There's been a bump in the road here, but it will be good to get back to the talks there will be good days and bad days, as there always are in these sorts of negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

Former Egyptian Foreign Minister and Arab League Secretary-General Esmet Abdel Meguid, who was involved in Middle East peace talks for many years, said that Mr.Obama's award appears to be a positive development for peace in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

It is not clear what it will be able to do to help revive energy talks with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, During negotiations in the Czech capital,Prague, the three natural-gas producing nations were not convinced by E.U.offers of more trade and stronger transport links in exchange for their participation in a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline, known as Nabucco.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11