: negotiations especially between nations carried on by an intermediary who shuttles back and forth between the disputants
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Recent Examples on the WebHis team represented Trevor Reed’s family and spent months engaged in shuttle diplomacy trying to outline a possible deal to free him. Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 9 July 2022 The shuttle diplomacy gained urgency as the day wore on.New York Times, 5 Dec. 2021 Because the relationship has suffered serious damages, politicians from South Korea and Japan — myself included — could communicate and meet more often, like shuttle diplomacy.Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022 The planet would be worse off without a Secretary-General to do shuttle diplomacy during the Cuban Missile Crisis or the U.N.’s deployment of peacekeepers on the Golan Heights. Thomas G. Weiss, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2022 The urgency of his shuttle diplomacy — not just for Ukraine, but also for Israel and Bennett himself — was underscored by the fact that his efforts came on the Jewish Sabbath.Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022 Yet the model surfaced again this week, when President Emmanuel Macron of France was asked by a reporter during his shuttle diplomacy in Moscow whether Finlandization was a possibility for Ukraine.New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022 Bennett has also spoken on the phone multiple times with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — most recently Sunday morning — as part of his shuttle diplomacy to mediate between Ukraine and Russia after more than a week of fighting. Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2022 Zelenskyy spoke alongside Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, the latest Western leader trying shuttle diplomacy to avert war. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2022 See More