(Some of these had taken place previously either at other levels, or without being officially institutionalized). The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken will lead a new "High Level Consultation" with India's Foreign Secretary, S. Jaishankar.
21. (S) The key to maximizing Dutch effectiveness is to involve them early through high-level consultations and exchanges.
Officials in Mr. Barak's office said the prime minister would devote Sunday to high-level consultations in his office about the negotiations.
The Egyptian leader spoke amid a flurry of high-level consultations aimed at developing a common Arab approach, as street protests and angry denunciations of Israel continued across the Arab world.
The Oxford Research Group ORGG) recently engaged in a series of high-level consultations with individuals close to the decision-making process on the Iranian nuclear file, with the aim of finding a workable and realistic solution to the impasse.
The goal of Mr. Bush's long-awaited address was to make a persuasive case for his missile-defense plan and to set the stage for high-level consultations with the United States' allies, which will get under way next week.
It was Mr. Bremer, now visiting Washington for high-level consultations and to lobby Congress to approve the reconstruction funds, who called in August for efforts to significantly increase the Iraqi component of the military forces.
For its part, Moscow also accused the Bush administration of another "explicitly unfriendly act" in inviting a senior representative of rebel forces in Chechnya for high-level consultations in Washington.
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has accepted an invitation to visit the White House before Mr. Clinton leaves office and both governments have committed themselves to high-level consultations on nuclear nonproliferation, trade, the environment and terrorism.
That would mean cutting back on belligerent talk and inviting the Russians to high-level consultations on areas in which the two countries can achieve cooperation quickly - say, on combating piracy.
Vernon A. Walters, Washington's delegate to the United Nations, held high-level consultations on Libya today with the West German and French Governments amid indications of heightened allied concern about a possible American military strike against the North African nation.
