shuttle diplomacy

noun

1. diplomatic negotiations carried out by a mediator who travels back and forth between the negotiating parties.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shuttle diplomacy¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, for example, famously exchanged letters with Mikhail Gorbachev's wife Raisa, and others, such as Pat Nixon and Rosalyn Carter, travelled the world for humanitarian reasons and shuttle diplomacy.

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The UN mission, which oversees an estimated 18,000 peacekeepers in South Sudan, was engaging in intense shuttle diplomacy to try and prevent a return to civil war, Mr Haysom added.

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There has been lots of shuttle diplomacy and symbolism since it won the general election in the summer.

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Months of shuttle diplomacy by the US envoy Amos Hochstein - building on already established UN Security Resolutions on Israel and Hezbollah - have come to nothing.

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Negotiations have always been indirect, shuttle diplomacy - Hamas representatives do not talk directly to Israel or the US.

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