Sentence examples for framework deal between from inspiring English sources

Britain struck £2.6bn of deals with China this week, include a move to increase sales of Jaguar Land Rover vehicles to China; an announcement by BP and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation on deepwater exploration in the South China Sea and a so-called framework deal between PetroChina and Britain's Ineos to form refining joint ventures.

Preliminary talks began Tuesday after Mr. Mbeki secured a framework deal between Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, and the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, on Monday for talks to end the deadlock over Mr. Mugabe's re-election on June 27 in a vote the opposition boycotted because of violence.

Even before the announcement of a successful nuclear "framework" deal last week between the United States, leading world powers, and Iran, the drums for war were beating.

Others say that persuading both sides to agree to a "framework deal" will be a remarkable achievement given the wide gaps between them thus far, and could lead to further progress.

The framework deal was announced on Saturday after three days of talks in Geneva between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Netanyahu told Obama that Israel "vehemently opposes" the framework deal.

The two leaders spoke for about an hour after the announcement last week of the framework deal.

If France sticks to that position, a framework deal could be much harder to achieve.

The declaration of a framework deal is both preliminary and partial.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the framework deal as non-binding and insisted there was no guarantee a final deal would be struck.

The framework deal however does not include immediate lifting of punitive sanctions imposed on Iran.