Sentence examples for position in the peace from inspiring English sources

Armenian leaders who appeared to take an overly moderate position in the peace talks then experienced domestic backlashes — most famously when Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan was forced out in 1998 — and will be well aware of the risks of appearing to back down.

President Assad has now secured a stronger position in the peace talks.

Egypt's foreign minister Nabil Fahmy welcomed the deal, saying in a statement he hoped it would "support the Palestinian position in the peace talks".

We are likely to see a hardening of positions in the peace talks sponsored by John Kerry.

The view here is that Mos cow and Cairo decided to Vio late the truce to place Egypt in a better negotiating position in case the peace talks ever reached an active stage.

Mr. Mubarak, who is eager to resume an important position in the Middle East peace efforts, has persistently pressed the White House for an American-led peace plan, saying that was the only way to stop the violence.

In a six‐hour meeting yes terday the Cabinet was unable to agree on an opening nego tiating position in the indirect peace talks with the United Arab Republic and Jordan at the United Nations.

Towards the end of 1971, North Vietnamese leaders decided to launch a major offensive against South Vietnam, with the objective of destroying Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) units and capturing as much territory as possible, in order to strengthen their bargaining position in the Paris Peace Accords.

"Yes to jihad!" Mr. Arafat, for his part, arrived in Saudi Arabia today for talks with Crown Prince Abdullah and others in the Saudi royal family apparently aimed at building support for some kind of Arab summit meeting to work out a joint position on issues in the peace talks, particularly the crucial question of the status of Jerusalem and its holy places.

Come the Catalan The big book index Reprints Related items Van Tien DungMar 28th 2002The French wanted a strong bargaining position in the forthcoming Geneva peace talks, and General Navarre was convinced that if the Vietnamese under General Vo Nguyen Giap could be brought into conventional battle, the French could win the day.

While prospects for a political settlement have improved following a US-Russian agreement, he said, "conditions for the civilian population are deteriorating because both sides continue to interfere with aid delivery in order to improve their negotiating positions in the coming peace talks".