They have been calling the presidency decision a backroom deal.

他们称总统的决定为幕后政策。

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"This was not a backroom deal. This was not Adel, sitting in Beijing, cooking this up," said one of several international experts interviewed for this article.

“这不是一起幕后交易，不是Adel在北京自己就搞定了这件事”接受本文采访的几位国际专家之一表示。

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At the same time, however, Moscow agreed a backroom deal last month with Kyrgyzstan which is likely to lead to the closure of the US's key military base in central Asia.

但是同时，莫斯科与吉尔吉斯斯坦上个月却私下签订协议，而且这一协议很可能导致美在中亚地区主要军事基地关闭撤离。

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Sollecito's lead attorney, Giulia Bongiorno, a prominent parliamentarian, almost walked off the case because of the backroom deal.

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With no backroom deal on offer, the three smaller left-wing parties that back Mr Lagos pushed for an open primary, to capitalise on their man's popularity.

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The OECD had initially singled out 47 jurisdictions that included the likes of Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines and Malaysia, but hasty commitments to improve transparency along with some backroom deal-making led to all four being removed from the blacklist.

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