"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

And then there's the proximity to where people live."

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

"We have supported the proximity talks during early March.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

In the proximity talks, U.S.envoy Mitchell - a former Senate Majority leader - is expected to shuttle between Israeli officials in Jerusalem and Palestinian officials in the nearby West Bank town of Ramallah.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

But George Mitchell, the American special envoy for Middle East peace, has traveled between the two sides for months of indirect, or proximity,talks.

VOA: special.2010.08.21

Martin said Ireland supports the early convening of the indirect Israeli-Palestinian "proximity" talks that Mitchell had hoped to begin this week.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

An expert on nuclear proliferation at the RAND Corporation in the United States, Brian Jenkins,says because of its proximity to Somalia and its close ties to the West, Kenya is vulnerable to the worst-case scenario, where an al-Qaida terrorist unleashes a "dirty bomb" in Nairobi causing the death of thousands.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01