He achieved a high-level rapprochement with China and won local support with a tough line on North Korea.
That level of rapprochement would, Megumi's parents say, amount to a betrayal of their daughter and the other abductees.
At the diplomatic level, Mao's unexpected rapprochement with Washington in the 1970s was in the spirit of the third postulate.
Shirazi portrayed Namazi's family's business dealings in an ominous light and alleged that the businessman's family, eager to profit from improved relations between Iran and the U.S. in the wake of the nuclear deal, had quietly lobbied for rapprochement by leveraging high-level connections in both countries.
However, in order to proceed towards settling the Iranian nuclear file, we need to reach national consensus and rapprochement and understanding on an international level.
At that point, Doctorow chuckles, "there was a rapprochement".
But the Kurds never rose above the level of pawns in this game, and when Iran and Iraq reached a rapprochement, America abandoned them to Hussein's not-so-tender mercies.
There exists an unprecedented level of tactical convergence and shared interest between the Obama administration and Iran which suggests rapprochement.
His efforts on behalf of the revolution have afforded him a high level of access to the inner circle of the government, especially among moderates and others interested in rapprochement with the United States.
The North's call for cabinet-level talks 10 days ago marked the start of what officials here hope will be a revival of efforts at rapprochement between the two Koreas that have been stalled for more than a year.
Her goals now appear to be focused on a face-to-face high-level meeting between Israeli officials and their Saudi counterparts, in what could eventually bring about the type of rapprochement not seen since President Carter brokered the Camp David accord between Sadat and Begin in 1978.
