State Department officials say they do not oppose engagement with Iran by current Security Council member countries Turkey and Brazil.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

A senior official who spoke to reporters here called the Lula visit "perhaps the last big shot at engagement" with Tehran.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

ASEAN has upheld a policy of engagement with member Burma, while occasionally criticizing the military government's rights abuses.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday at the United Nations that Washington would end its policy of limited engagement with Burma.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"As the engagement went on and the enemy continued with strong fire, air support was called for."

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

The solo engagement could continue until 2014,when he'll reunite with his band to perform a world tour.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

Debbie Stothardt,spokeswoman for the Alternative ASEAN Network, says there is a need to have "substantive dialogue and engagement" with ASEAN leaders on regional issues.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

"After 20 years of working with students, we are seeing unprecedented levels of engagement and creativity like we have not seen in 20 years,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

We have sought in word and deed a new era of engagement with the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

She says U.S.engagement with Burma's military government, known as the State Peace and Development Council, could be positive, but only if Washington remains firm in pushing for change.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Committee chairman Democrat Gary Ackerman suggested that even as the administration attempts engagement with Iran, it could be doing more to underscore its support for democracy and reform advocates.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Burma is also known as Myanmar. Last week,Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States would pursue direct engagement with Burmese authorities, but that the U.S.would continue to employ sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The Obama administration,he added, must make clear that it does not view engagement with Iran as a process without an end, but as a means to identify ends that would benefit both countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

"These are all part of the process of engagement with them, with the view of delivering on what is the objective which is democratization of Myanmar and respect for human rights, and in effect restoring Myanmar to respectability as a member of the international community,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

The State Department said Monday the administration still has a hand extended to Iran despite the chilly reaction by Iran's supreme leader to Mr.Obama's videotaped holiday greeting to Iran late last week, in which he said the United States seeks honest engagement with Iran's Islamic government based on mutual respect.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23