The United States has held low-level talks, usually twice a year, with Cuba on immigration matters since 1984 as a way of controlling the flow of Cubans and settling immigration disputes.

Avon said that low-level talks between Avon and the Basses have been going on since the Basses first bought about 500,000 shares in the company last December.

The Bush administration disagrees that an agreement was near, but since Mr. Bush came to office, there have been only low-level talks with North Korea.

The two-year-old group says it has held low-level talks with the S.E.C., though so far the discussions have been mostly exploratory.

In a marked shift of policy, the Administration has held low-level official talks with a representative of anti-Government rebels in Mozambique and is actively considering expanding such contacts, according to Government officials.

Michael McCurry, the State Department spokesman, said that in response to Pyongyang's move, the United States had taken the modest action of restarting informal, low-level talks today in New York with North Korea.

The Administration has held low-level official talks with a representative of anti-Government rebels and is considering expanding such contacts in an effort to defuse pressure from conservatives in Congress to change its policy of full support for the Marxist Government.

SCO v. IBM: SCO Group claims that it has "low-level talks" with Google about a possible license agreement related to Linux.

Mozambique Policy Shift The Administration reportedly held low-level official talks with a representative of rebels in Mozambique, in a marked shift of policy.

In November 2006 the EU renewed the sanctions but agreed to resume low-level talks.