For two weeks near the end of the year, a small scale war seemed likely, but was averted after diplomatic talks.

'You know I'm no good at diplomatic talk,' he said.

He was not a theoretician; his diplomatic small talk was the stuff of vaudeville.

Last week, North Korea and Japan conducted their first diplomatic talks in more than seven years.

Months of diplomatic talks and expert discussions on the European missile defence system have not been wasted.

"They will start as planned," he told reporters, referring to diplomatic talks scheduled for next week.

Such words in diplomatic talks mean that Afghanistan cannot turn enemy against the state of Pakistan to please others.

The diplomatic talks are closely linked to troop deployments.

Would this latest straw break the camel's already straining back and along with it any chance of success for the ongoing diplomatic talks?

In 1005 A.D., new diplomatic talks are about to begin.