In diplomacy,the chief ministers are unquestionably important in negotiations.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

On the thorny subject of Jewish settlements, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for both sides to deal with the issue in negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Republicans and Democrats expressed identical concerns that by engaging in negotiations, Iran may be playing for time in an effort to move ahead with weapons-related enrichment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Democrat Keith Ellison, one of two Muslims in the U.S.Congress, and fellow Democrat Barbara Lee argued that tightening sanctions would make President Barack Obama'sefforts in negotiations with Iran harder.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Meanwhile,the leader of the Shi'ite rebels, Abdelmalik al-Houthi, says that he is willing to participate in negotiations toward a settlement, according to a plan outlined in September by a block of Yemeni opposition parties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

Greece has been in negotiations with EU member countries and the IMF to secure a bailout - money that would allow it to pay debts coming due in time to avoid having to default.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Mr.Obama spoke in advance of meeting at the U.N. late Wednesday of foreign ministers of the five permanent U.N.Security Council member countries and Germany - the P5+1, who have been trying to re-engage Iran in negotiations on its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Congressman Berman and at least 330 lawmakers supporting the bill, which expands the scope of sanctions to oil pipelines and tankers, say that despite some signs of progress in negotiations with Iran, Congress must step up pressure on Tehran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

"The United States believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel,Jordan and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine.

VOA: special.2011.05.21

The negotiations would be held in Paris.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

"I've invited Israeli Prime Minister Netayahu and Palestinian Authority President Abbas to meet on September second in Washington,D.C., to relaunch direction negotiations to resolve all final status issues, which we believe can be completed within one year."

VOA: special.2010.08.21

The two weeks of talks in Bangkok will be followed by November talks in Barcelona before the final negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

(Speech) The prime minister says his government sends its gratitude to those involved in the negotiations for the journalists' release.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

They demand that Israel freeze all construction on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank before any negotiations start.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

"And I have asked the secretary of state to report to me on the status of these negotiations in mid-October."

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The Turkish Cypriot north and the Greek Cypriot south have been engaged in U.N.-led comprehensive negotiations since late last year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

"Never in the 17 years of climate change negotiations have so many different nations made so many firm pledges together,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

"We believe that neither party should engage in any kind of actions that could unilaterally preempt or appear to preempt negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The negotiations led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of sectarian violence in the British province.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

His statements came one day before Arab foreign ministers are set to meet in Cairo to decide whether to endorse face-to-face negotiations.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Israel wants negotiations without preconditions and is ready to offer no more than a partial, temporary freeze on construction in the settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

Water is one of the issues that are supposed to be dealt with in final status negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

The Palestinians insist they will not go back to negotiations until Israel freezes all construction on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

House and Senate bills would be subject to further negotiations in conference committee before any legislation would go to the president for signature.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

"So for the rest of the week in Barcelona that is going to be the dominant issue in that strand of the negotiations."

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

They have made recent public pronouncements to work as a team in the multi-national climate change negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Airstrikes and artillery barrages effectively ended months of negotiations to try to avoid violence by establishing Islamic law in parts of the northwest.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

Negotiations among the five permanent Security Council member states on a new sanctions resolution have been underway in New York for several weeks.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14