I have already commenced negotiations for peace, and the preliminaries are ratified.

Yugoslavia commenced secret negotiations with Italy in late 1930.

Ultimately, the plan did not succeed, but a number of local governments commenced negotiations for voluntary mergers.

Then the selection process would commence negotiations with the firm deemed most qualified.

Eventually, the coalition commenced negotiations on Roger's arrival with an army.

Valentine couldn't tell what had changed in the assembly that caused him to commence negotiations.

After signing the agreement to negotiate, the union and the company commenced negotiations on conditions on May 28, 2012, which are ongoing as of 2013.

There is even an obligation to commence negotiations within 60 days of provisional application.

Some, we know, are more advanced than others, and will be able, as of April, to commence concrete negotiations.

We decided, then, to commence negotiations without undertaking reforms.