Sentence examples for groundwork for talks from inspiring English sources

GROUNDWORK FOR TALKS The United States and North Korea began two days of talks in Geneva that American officials have said will test the ground for a possible resumption of wider discussions on North Korea's nuclear program.

meanwhile, is quietly laying the groundwork for talks with separatist political leaders in Kashmir.

Intentional or not, the speech was read in Kabul as giving a green light to other Western countries to start laying the groundwork for talks.

Mr. Kerry and Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, met in Paris on Monday evening to try to lay the groundwork for talks that would bring together representatives of Mr. Assad's government and the Syrian opposition.

The demonstration came ahead of a UN summit to discuss the groundwork for talks in Paris at the end of 2015 that will discuss a treaty to limit greenhouse-gas emissions.

Yet since at least 2009, even top American generals maintained that a permanent peace could not be won on the battlefield, and American diplomats have engaged in nearly three years of holding secret meetings and working through diplomatic back channels to lay the groundwork for talks to begin.

A4 Macedonia Girds for More Talks Western diplomats shuttled among the main political leaders, laying the groundwork for direct talks this weekend.

A8 Hopes for Syria-Israel Talks President Clinton's coming meeting with President Hafez al-Assad of Syria could lay the groundwork for renewed talks between Syria and Israel, but no deal is imminent, diplomats in the Middle East said.

Citigroup laid the groundwork for the talks in an earlier meeting between Mr. Weill and the German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder.

According to one person familiar with the discussions, Giambi's agent laid the groundwork for future talks with the Yankees.

He began planning his re-election and even laid the groundwork for secret talks with Mr Castro.His relationship with his glamorous wife, Jacqueline, also improved.