Sentence examples for a resumption of direct from inspiring English sources

Secretary Powell said a resumption of direct dialogue between India and Pakistan "is going to take some additional work".

While the admiral said he didn't think armed conflict was imminent, it is evident that the Obama administration doesn't envisage a resumption of direct talks with Pyongyang soon.

The aid is intended for development projects decided jointly with the government and, if certain conditions are met in the next few years, could lead to a resumption of direct budget support.

Washington is still eager to see those talks begin, in the hope that they will lead to a resumption of direct peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians – something that has been absent now for more than a year.

And, as we suggested might happen, the Kuomintang's victory in Taiwan's presidential election opened the way for a resumption of direct flights to and from mainland China.We had a pretty good Olympics, too.

The violence came a day after the Arab League in Cairo endorsed a resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, although it left the timing up to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas's rival, whose authority is now limited to the West Bank.

Hamas opposes any resumption of direct peace talks.

Israel and the Obama administration have sought support from moderate Arab states, but Islamic militant forces in the region are opposed to any resumption of direct talks.

JERUSALEM — In the upbeat atmosphere after their recent meeting in Washington, the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Obama expressed hopes of an imminent resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and of achieving a peace deal — within a year, according to Mr. Netanyahu, or in Mr. Obama's case, before the end of his term.

But the Palestinians insist that there will be no resumption of direct talks without a complete settlement construction freeze by Israel, including any additional Jewish housing in East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians claim as their future capital.

Yet to present, once again, the resumption of direct negotiations as if there is an equivalence between two evenly-matched "sides", as if both parties must match respective "concessions", is dishonest.