Sentence examples for outset of talks from inspiring English sources
India removed one obstacle last summer, by dropping its insistence that the separatists accept the Indian constitution at the outset of talks.
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At the outset of talks, it appeared that the former chairman would recoup around £4.5m from the takeover.
From the outset of talks, the sticking point was the Cubans' demand for the release of several Cuban spies from U.S. prisons in exchange for release of Alan Gross, a U.S. government subcontractor who had been imprisoned in Cuba for five years.
The government ceded the zone to the rebels at the outset of the talks three years ago.
Israel also refused to carry out a release of long-serving Palestinian prisoners that it had promised at the outset of the talks.
Affirming that she is more sanguine now than at the outset of the talks led by John Kerry, she added, "This time, it looks different".
The Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, the chairman of the African Union, suggested at the outset of the talks that African soldiers could play a role in disarming the government-backed militias that have run rampant in Darfur.
He said that although Sudan announced at the outset of those talks that it was calling an immediate cease-fire, it fired seven missiles at a target in Darfur on the same day.
To try to encourage a settlement, Judge Posner assured both sides at the outset of the talks that if they reached an agreement, he would publicly support it, including testifying before Congress, if asked.
Similarly, his opposition to preconditions means that he is not in his view required to say at the outset of the talks he will stand down at the end of the transition process.
