The president has played a shrewd diplomatic game because from the outset he called for direct talks.

总统玩了一场精明的外交游戏，因为从一开始他就要求进行直接对话。

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The talks took place in the presence of a diplomatic observer.

会谈是在一位外交观察家在场的情况下进行的。

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The diplomatic was asked to evaluate the talks.

要求那位外交官评价谈话的效果。

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Haris Silajdzic, a member of Bosnia's three-member presidency, took part in those talks and praised Richard Holbrooke's diplomatic skill.

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South Korea's delegate to those talks left Friday for Washington for high-level consulations on a diplomatic response to the launch.

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The only way, he says, to make Iraq peaceful enough that diplomatic talks can begin.

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As the diplomatic talks were going on in Morocco, violence continued in Syria.

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Over the years, Holbrooke has traveled to Belgrade on more than 30 occasions for diplomatic talks with the Yugoslav leadership.

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