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Established in 1991 by the French, German and Polish foreign ministers, the idea was that Germany and Poland could use Franco-German rapprochement as a model for their reconciliation.

However, the very modest hopes towards the end of 2015 of a Saudi-Iran rapprochement as a basis for a possible peace agreement in Syria were shredded at the beginning of this year, by the Saudi execution of a prominent Shia cleric, the subsequent ransacking of the Saudi embassy by a Tehran mob, and the severing of diplomatic ties by Riyadh and its allies.

Now it seems that Libya has used the rapprochement as a springboard for investment in Italian companies.

Citizens heralded the rapprochement as a sign of impending reprieve from difficult living conditions and hardship under sanctions, the lifting of which could inject an estimated $150 billion back to the Iranian economy.

US presidents have often been given a frosty reception at regional gatherings, but Obama won warm plaudits at this year's Summit of the Americas for his moves towards rapprochement, as well as a glowing personal endorsement by Castro.

Thus, the hard-liners are trying to create a new crisis with the U.S. in order to prevent any rapprochement, as well as distract attention from their factional fighting.

Not until 2007 were there moves towards a football rapprochement as all eight founding clubs of the CFA, including Cetinkaya, whose original ground in Nicosia fell within what became a UN buffer zone, were invited to the opening of the association's new headquarters in the capital.

He came to believe that Walpole had tricked him into the rapprochement as part of a scheme to regain power.

China watchers say the government in Beijing wants to see the services pact approved before it considers any other form of rapprochement, such as a proposed deal to liberalise the cross-strait goods trade.

Not that anyone holds out much hope for a rapprochement as Venus, 28, and Serena, 27, approach the twilight of their careers.

"The reunions are mostly important as a symbol of rapprochement, as they're one of the only times that regular people from North and South Korea have direct contact," said Kim Yeon-chul, a professor in the Korean Unification Department at Inje University.