A panel of African presidents arrived in Abidjan on Monday hoping to persuade him to step down in return for guarantees.
Parliament negotiated the Solemn League and Covenant (1643) with the Scots, who brought an army to England in return for guarantees of a presbyterian church establishment.
The report says the Taliban will not renounce Al Qaeda as a condition to negotiations, but will offer to do so in return for guarantees of security.
Last week, Heathrow agreed a memorandum of understanding signed with the Scottish government, which gave its backing to the third runway plan in return for guarantees regarding flights.
Ukraine got rid of its nuclear weapons, in return for guarantees from Europe and the U.S. Now it seems the Western countries just invented these democratic principles for themselves, and everyone else had to fight for them".
With the help of lifetime employment, pliant enterprise unions and a seniority system whereby labour came cheap at the outset in return for guaranteed rewards at the end, companies could invest in research and development.
Hamas, the main Islamist movement, said it would halt its suicide operations against civilians only in return for guarantees that Israel would halt armed incursions into Palestinian areas, and the assassination of Hamas militants.
In perhaps the most far-reaching change, China has become Angola's financier, lending Luanda as much as $12 billion for the country's reconstruction, in return for guaranteed oil supplies.
It is common for lesser college football teams to play at places like Tennessee or Michigan, where average attendance exceeds 100,000, in return for "guarantees" from the host school of as much as $500,000.
A year later, a group of powerful congressmen was found to have taken millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks in return for guaranteeing the inclusion of pork-barrel projects in the budget.
Saudi Arabia's newly crowned King Salman had agreed to send gamechanging weaponry, including anti-tank misiles, to northern Syria in return for guarantees of discipline and coordination between rebel groups.
