"The main thrust of our policy now is to support negotiations," he said in an interview.

The council also support possible negotiations with the state and federal governments as the reduction of other taxes.

Most opposition parties also support negotiations with the rebels.

Palestinian leaders who support negotiations with Israel seem divided on their next move.

Certainly one should view with skepticism his promises to support negotiations.

But I support negotiations over what can be fixed.

After leading all night, the final count showed 49.6% of voters supported negotiations that could eventually lead to sovereignty.

Indeed, these same countries stress in their reports that they are not in a position to support further negotiations.

Here we have to work with the new US administration to ensure it is able to support bilateral negotiations from the beginning.

For the moment, senior rebel and American officials said, the military commanders appear to support further negotiations.