She has seen the United States' top envoys on the move and in states of disrepair.

It could not be determined whether Rumania has withdrawn its top envoys from other capitals and international organizations as well.

The latest effort to assemble a package came out of a meeting last week of top envoys that European officials say went badly.

But the top American envoy negotiating the deal here cautioned that the two sides remained stuck on "one or two" small issues.

He is Seoul's top envoy to Washington and represents the nation.

Officials of countries that were once on the Bush administration's do-not-call list are now getting face time with top American envoys.

Earlier this month, the top Egyptian envoy in Iraq was kidnapped and is believed to have been killed, and two other Muslim diplomats were attacked.

In the same month, the top Egyptian envoy here was kidnapped.

Christopher R. Hill, the top American envoy, cautioned that composing even a broad statement of principles would be time-consuming.

Last month, it expelled the Afghan charge d'affaires and recalled its own top envoy from Kabul.