Sentence examples for their joint understanding from inspiring English sources

At Annapolis, Mr. Bush got a taste of life as a hands-on negotiator when he helped Mr. Abbas and Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, put the finishing touches on their "joint understanding".

The two sides resolved the issue by leaving mention of the Arab League initiative out of the joint understanding.

The two-page joint understanding, released on Thursday evening, builds on the Lombok treaty between the two countries.

Bishop said she was delighted to be signing the joint understanding as it would "further strengthen and enhance" the relationship.

"We are taking a first principle approach, and joint by joint understanding deeply what has to be done scientifically and technologically to augment a human," he says.

The agreement, cast as a "joint understanding" between the Israelis and the Palestinians, fell short of the detailed five-page document that Palestinian officials have been seeking.

The document, described as a "joint understanding on a code of conduct", commits Australia and Indonesia not to use intelligence to harm the other.

The Australian foreign minister, Julie Bishop, and her Indonesian counterpart, Marty Natalegawa, spoke of the strength of the relationship as they signed the joint understanding in Bali on Thursday.

This rests on a joint understanding that the vital interests of one country cannot be put at risk without also threatening those of the other.

"The two countries have come to the joint understanding that Norway is not the most suitable location for this destruction," the statement said.

"We agree to immediately launch good-faith bilateral negotiations in order to conclude a peace treaty, resolving all outstanding issues, including all core issues without exception, as specified in previous agreements," the joint understanding said.