This will happen with the current negotiations, too, I believe.

Two people involved with the negotiations said a deal "was very close."

It is easy to see the problems with the negotiations.

I also see no connection here with other past or future negotiations.

It was then, according to people involved with the negotiations, that trouble started.

People familiar with the negotiations said the companies were at least a month away from a deal.

Another meeting could be held today, those familiar with the negotiations said.

The Western countries have linked the rights issues with new negotiations.

Those plans are still in the "talking stage," a person involved with the negotiations said.

The resolution is also very clear about how we should deal with the negotiations in time.