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The meetings with Agha so far have been what diplomats call "confidence-building measures."
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis David Ignatius 2012
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The meetings with Agha so far have been what diplomats call "confidence-building measures."
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis David Ignatius 2012
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Several current and former U.S. officials said the most substantive give-and-take to date between U.S. and Taliban negotiators could happen in the next week, with the goal of establishing what the U.S. calls confidence-building measures - specific steps that both sides agree to take ahead of formal talks.
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"This was supposed to have been a confidence-building exercise but discussions this week have been shatteringly awful."
Corbin Hiar: Tianjin Climate Talks Recap: Little Progress on the Policies Corbin Hiar 2010
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"This was supposed to have been a confidence-building exercise but discussions this week have been shatteringly awful."
Corbin Hiar: Tianjin Climate Talks Recap: Little Progress on the Policies Corbin Hiar 2010
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Relatedly, Washington was put off when the agreement was framed as though it addressed the international community's concerns regarding Iran's nuclear activities, rather than merely being an initial, confidence-building step.
Joshua W. Walker: One Year After Tehran: Can Turkey still be a 'model partner' in resolving the Iran nuclear impasse? Joshua W. Walker 2011
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Since the fuel swap agreement did not address most of the core underlying concerns about Tehran's nuclear activities, but was instead intended to be a confidence-building foundation on which more substantive agreements could be built, a disingenuous last-minute Iranian agreement was viewed as bringing little to the table.
Joshua W. Walker: One Year After Tehran: Can Turkey still be a 'model partner' in resolving the Iran nuclear impasse? Joshua W. Walker 2011
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Look at this as a confidence-building season for a franchise that has been terrible for the past few years and go from there.
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Relatedly, Washington was put off when the agreement was framed as though it addressed the international community's concerns regarding Iran's nuclear activities, rather than merely being an initial, confidence-building step.
Joshua W. Walker: One Year After Tehran: Can Turkey still be a 'model partner' in resolving the Iran nuclear impasse? Joshua W. Walker 2011
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Since the fuel swap agreement did not address most of the core underlying concerns about Tehran's nuclear activities, but was instead intended to be a confidence-building foundation on which more substantive agreements could be built, a disingenuous last-minute Iranian agreement was viewed as bringing little to the table.
Joshua W. Walker: One Year After Tehran: Can Turkey still be a 'model partner' in resolving the Iran nuclear impasse? Joshua W. Walker 2011
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