Sentence examples for level of ministers from inspiring English sources

3.52pm GMT Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatsenyuk confirmed his government has begun high-level contacts with the Russian government, Reuters reports: "Consultations have started at the level of ministers," he told reporters but gave no details.

Traditionally, the main orientations and decisions of such summits are prepared beforehand, when negotiations at the level of ministers and experts take place over the smallest detail before the meeting takes place.

It is envisaged that the process that has been going on through the past panel discussions and strengthened further during the Tunis meeting would be consolidated at an annual meeting at the level of Ministers of Finance and Health to discuss new high impact investments, review progress on existing programs and propose any needed revisions.

The secretary, Steven Chu, in Copenhagen for the climate negotiations, was also expected to announce that he was inviting his counterparts from around the world to the United States next year to a first-ever "clean energy" meeting at the level of minister or cabinet secretary.

Javier Solana, the foreign policy chief of the European Union, said after a meeting with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres in Jerusalem that a conference at the level of foreign ministers could be held in the second half of July.

7.26pm: Liberal Democrats there may be, but Kirsty Walker, the political journalist, points out the shockingly low level of women ministers.

Though the resolution broke no new ground, diplomats said its importance lay in reaffirming the earlier actions at the level of foreign ministers.

But last year, Mr. Qureshi asked Mrs. Clinton to upgrade the exchange to the level of foreign minister.

It has suspended official exchanges with Japan at the level of government minister or above, including provincial leaders.

"It's not a new policy, but affirming that policy at the level of prime minister I thought to be quite a welcome development," Dr. ElBaradei said at a news conference at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Obama should present the case for negotiating directly with the Iranians on the issue of nukes (in addition to Iraq) at the level of foreign minister or higher (Obama should also clean house at the State Department, whose Iran desk is headed by a self-declared "neo-con").