Sentence examples for exploratory negotiations from inspiring English sources

P.W. Botha's government in exploratory negotiations; he met with Botha's successor, de Klerk, in December 1989.

Ibrahim Haqqani even met an American official there for exploratory negotiations in late August.

A US report last month said secret, exploratory, negotiations had begun but it remains unclear how interested the Taliban leaders are in peace talks.

The Rangers have had exploratory negotiations for the past two weeks with the agent for Bryan Berard, the former rookie of the year who has not played since nearly losing his right eye in March 2000, according to several N.H.L. officials.

The Afghan Taliban are already in an uncomfortable position with some of their rank-and-file fighters after reports that they are in "exploratory negotiations" with the Americans.

European diplomats hope to address these concerns in a last round of dialogue before the summit.With the Doha round dead, Mercosur will agree to Europe's request for exploratory talks about renewing their negotiations.

On Thursday, he cast doubt on both exploratory talks and suspended six-nation negotiations aimed at persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.

They added that "exploratory talks" on ways of launching those negotiations will be held soon.

In September 2015, after reaching a tentative peace agreement with the FARC, Santos announced he was in exploratory talks with the ELN and that formal negotiations would begin in 2016 in Quito, Ecuador.

After all, in midsummer he had received a green light from Berlin to engage in exploratory talks with BAE, according to people involved in the negotiations.

"The coalition negotiations probably won't be easier than the exploratory talks".