And direct talks with Hamas might damage the EU's credibility as a peace-broker with Israel.Some EU officials say that if a credible ceasefire deal is on offer, the EU will find ways of reaching understandings with Hamas.
As representatives in Doha struggle to find ways of reaching a consensus on global emissions, Bhutan is also being held up as an example of a developing country that has put environmental conservation and sustainability at the heart of its political agenda.
"And a major (and by no means easy to achieve) part of that is for the BBC in Salford to find ways of reaching out to and meaning something to the likes of Liverpool and Leeds, Sheffield and Scunthorpe, Newcastle and Nottingham.
I would want as many children as possible to come here, but for those who can't, I think we really do need to try over the course of my tenure to find ways of reaching out to them and we'll do that through television, we'll do that through digital resources, we'll do that through social media.
Labour certainly has to find ways of reaching out to and reconnecting with the so-called 'left behind' Ukip voters but without - to borrow a line from activist and commentator Ellie Mae O'Hagan - throwing immigrants - and, for that matter, British-born ethnic minorities - under the bus.
"When you squeeze one area, you don't necessarily prevent those dollars from being spent," says John Phillips John Phillips, founder of Aristotle, an online political advertising and strategy firm based in Washington, D.C. Phillips and others believe the search will be on to find ways of reaching voters in cyberspace.
Mr Turaki - who is special duties minister and chairman of a committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to find ways of reaching agreement with Boko Haram - said that Shekau should send people he trusted to meet the standing committee on reconciliation.
The president of Germany's Turkish community expressed concern about the level of support for the Yes vote, saying they had to "find ways of better reaching people who live in freedom in Germany and yet want autocracy for people in Turkey". The vote may have been close, but the districts containing the country's three largest cities all voted against the president.
