Sentence examples for points for negotiations from inspiring English sources

Despite their ambiguities, UN resolution 242 (1967), which encapsulated the principle of land for peace, and resolution 338 (1973), which called for direct negotiations, were regarded by both parties as the starting points for negotiations.

The Fiscal Cliff negotiators chose to ignore most of that work, however, and instead of using the draft bills as starting points for negotiations, they wrote their own farm bill extension.

Sir David Bell, the former Department for Education permanent secretary, recently pointed out that our fractured political system means the party manifestos are less important than in the past and will be "starting points for negotiation" rather than blueprints for government.

One of the key points for negotiation in the peace talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli and Palestinian leaders is the Jordan Valley.

But those rates are the starting point for negotiations with Medicare and private insurers.

At least the cut sets a better starting point for negotiations with potential successors.

The mayor's spending plan is the starting point for negotiations with the City Council.

But it was welcomed as a good starting point for negotiations.

He made up the names to see if he could have a starting point for negotiations.

That is the Simpson-Bowles plan, and it should be Obama's new starting point for negotiations.

But it could be a starting point for negotiations if the Bush plan becomes bogged down in the Senate.