Sentence examples for talks abortive from inspiring English sources

Following intermittent peace talks, abortive cease-fires, dissolution and reconstitution of the House of Representatives, and major abrogation of the king's authority, the Maoists and the government finally agreed to the drafting of an interim constitution promulgated in January 2007 and the formation of an interim administration.

In the spring of 1917 an exchange of peace feelers took place through the mediation of his brother-in-law, Sixtus, Fürst (prince) von Bourbon-Parma, but Italy's unwillingness to abandon some of the concessions granted to it in the 1915 Treaty of London (by which Italy joined the Allies) made these talks abortive.

Yet North Korea tossed aside an American proposal aimed at just that during abortive talks in June last year.

Moreover the suit is not really about the past, but about the future, and comes after abortive talks between the two giants.

There is persistent speculation that Citigroup, the US financial services giant, which held abortive talks with Abbey earlier this year, might mount a bid.

Egypt will hope to gain international credibility from finally brokering a ceasefire agreement after weeks of abortive talks hosted in Cairo.

It was during those abortive talks that the Farc forced González at gunpoint to sell his cattle ranch for refusing to plant coca, the raw material used in making cocaine.

Once he had left office, Blair had no hesitation in getting his own hands dirty: in 2009, perhaps having smoothed the way for ready meals and breakfast cereal with the use of air strikes and ground troops, he held abortive talks with Tesco about assisting them in their attempt to break into the Middle East.

Now, after President Andres Pastrana ended the abortive talks on February 20th, the country's gaze is once again on the zone but this time to see what clues its "remilitarisation" might give as to the kind of war Colombia faces.The timing of Mr Pastrana's abrupt decision to break off the talks, which had produced no tangible accords, only five months before the end of his term, was a surprise.

He was interned from March to June that year when he was released to take part in secret, but abortive, talks in London about an IRA truce.

Following largely abortive talks with Wilson, the Rhodesian Prime Minister flew home on 12 October.