The phrase "adding that the meetings" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to include additional information about meetings in a statement or report.
Example: "The committee discussed several important issues, adding that the meetings would be held bi-weekly."
Alternatives: "noting that the meetings" or "mentioning that the meetings".
"We're at that stage where it's very confusing," one senior administration official said, adding that the meetings could not even be called "talks" at this stage, let alone "peace talks".
Asked in the Fox interview how much senior Bush administration officials relied on him before the war in Iraq, Mr. Chalabi said that he "met Mr. Rumsfeld less than four times, I believe," adding that the meetings with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld were not "substantial".
"US officials were disappointed that Saudis had sent relatively junior representatives," wrote Ould Cheikh Ahmed, adding that "the meetings unfortunately shed very little light on KSA's strategy in the conflict or their willingness to support a negotiated settlement in the near future".
"The minute I heard about this program, I signed Oregon up," Mr. Holton said, adding that the meeting was scheduled before Mr. Mohamud's arrest.
Free exchange rates also help support fair global growth, Ms. Brainard said, adding that the meeting needed to focus on ways to strengthen the fledgling global economic recovery and avoid an undue tightening of fiscal policy that could hurt growth.
However, he denied he was trying to buy Cameron's influence, saying firstly that "politicians go out of their way to impress people in the press" before adding that the meeting was "part of the democratic process".
Bono, lead singer of the band U2, had lunch with President Bush at the White House, a spokesman for the president said, adding that the meeting was following up on a July conversation in Scotland.
"I thought, If I want to beat this guy I ought to know who's running against him," Mr. Blankenship said, adding that the meeting did not go well.
"This is a gallant attempt to make the most of the Gaza withdrawal," said a diplomat involved in drafting the statement, adding that the meeting was an effort to "lock in" Mr. Sharon before he moved too far away from what he said he would do, after a referendum within his party last weekend that rejected the withdrawal plan.
"We'll make every effort to ensure the quick diagnosis of patients to break the cycle of transmission," adding that the meeting in the Cuban capital, Havana, would also discuss planning for training medics.
"We recognise the benefits a successful England team brings to the game in this country at all levels," he said, adding that the meeting with Dyke will give the Football League board the chance to "ask some practical questions" about the likely impact of the proposals.
