shuttle diplomacy
Noun
Meaning
international negotiations conducted by a mediator who frequently flies back and forth between the negotiating parties
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Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East
After the failed conference Henry Kissinger started conducting shuttle diplomacy, meeting with Israel and the Arab states directly.
Despite another flurry of shuttle diplomacy by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German officials acknowledge in private that they are being forced to think about alternatives to the Minsk deal, to which the lifting of sanctions is tied.
As it happened, it took a round or two of shuttle diplomacy between us and them to keep things from getting really ugly.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for his shuttle diplomacy aimed at forging a stronger regional front against the Boko Haram insurgency, saying the President should be praised rather than pilloried for his efforts.
The past October saw perhaps China's busiest "shuttle diplomacy" schedule ever since the People's Republic was founded 63 years ago.