Sentence examples for demand preconditions from inspiring English sources

Smith replied calmly that Kaunda, Nyerere and Vorster had all assured him that the UANC had agreed not to demand preconditions for talks, and that Kaunda and Vorster had in fact confirmed this to him that same morning; his delegation was therefore surprised by Muzorewa's confrontational opening speech.

But in other cases, disaster beckons unless a series of demanding preconditions are met first (see our survey).

Mr Trimble digs holes for himself by appearing to go back to demanding preconditions, on the release of prisoners and on Sinn Fein ministers.

At the last round of these talks, in Istanbul in January 2011, Mr. Jalili lectured rather than negotiated, and demanded preconditions for serious talks that were unacceptable to the six powers.

While the Syrian Coalition statement did not call those demands preconditions to negotiations, it did not commit to attending an international conference under United Nations auspices in Geneva, which both the Americans and the Russians have been pressing to hold as early as next month.

The US and Israel demand strict preconditions, which are, furthermore, designed to ensure that negotiations will lead either to Palestinian capitulation on crucial issues or nowhere.

He also demanded other preconditions, including the release of 160,000 prisoners in Syria.

As it was after the near-total release of Cuba's political prisoners this year, the Obama White House seems nearly immobilized in the face of these reforms — the very steps this and previous administrations have demanded as preconditions for a new policy toward Cuba.

And instead of demanding new preconditions for talks -- an apology for the Cheonan, for example -- we should mount a gradual pragmatic effort to engage in new discussions, not as a reward for bad behavior or to talk for the sake of talking, but to make us more secure.

Each is recycling tired old demands and preconditions that effectively stall any progress towards a solution.

U.S. officials have said repeatedly they are open to talks, but they are demanding several preconditions that Pyongyang has repeatedly rejected.