But he did not offer any concessions on the main point of contention between the two sides: China's insistence that Taiwan agree that the island is part of China as a precondition to any further negotiations.
Declaring his cabinet united in opposition to the draft framework hammered out in Lausanne to limit the scope of Iran's nuclear programme, Netanyahu demanded that Iran recognises Israel's right to exist as a precondition to any final agreement.
It is incumbent upon the international community to ensure that immediately ending the human rights abuses of his government is a primary subject of the talks, and that it remains as a precondition to any broader settlement.
Seoul has blamed a North Korean torpedo attack for the sinking of its corvette, the Cheonan, and the conservative Lee government has demanded an apology as a precondition to any substantive diplomatic talks or rapprochement.
In turn, North Korea has dropped its insistence that international sanctions be lifted as a precondition to any new talks.Even if the parties do meet as planned, the mood may not last.
Israeli officials, contradicting what Mr Olmert signed at Annapolis, now say that the aim is not a full peace treaty, just the outline of one.All this makes it politically hard for Mr Abbas's forces to crack down on militants, which Israel insists on as a precondition to implementing any peace deal.
With shockingly high rates of poverty and homelessness among the trans community, smaller studies can help show that such problems exist, but reliable, national statistics are a precondition to addressing those challenges in any effective way.
In any case, we would hardly impose this as a precondition to the normalization of bilateral relations because we respect the principle of sovereignty.
But dialogue is a precondition to understanding.
Israel rightfully insists that Hamas must permanently renounce violence and disavow its stated objective to destroy Israel as a precondition to lifting the blockade; Hamas demands the lifting of the blockade to allow for the free flow of goods and travel as a precondition to any enduring ceasefire.
