begin negotiations

Next day the government began negotiations with trade union leaders.

With how many countries should we actually begin further negotiations?

With their support he began negotiations to end the crisis.

The two companies began final negotiations just last Tuesday, they said.

Then they left a special telephone outside Room 230 and began negotiations.

It took a while for someone in authority to begin negotiations.

We have barely two months and one week to begin negotiations with Washington.

I think it is important to be clear on this before we begin negotiations with the Council.

In effect, the front challenged the Government to begin negotiations.

Here he began serious negotiations for the purchase of land.