If the meeting achieved the grand goal - a broad accord - it would be a major achievement.

"In order for this Government to be born, it requires a serious, broad, solid accord among the political forces," he said.

The three Governments have been working for months on side agreements intended to appease American critics of the broad accord.

Such a settlement would be the centerpiece of a broader accord to close Shoreham.

And it's my hope that we can use that agreement as the basis for a broader accord.

Under this broader accord, Russia could receive more than $4 billion in additional loans from the monetary fund.

The Russians have sought to block development of a space-based missile defense system by linking such a ban to a broad arms-reduction accord.

But American officials say that officials negotiating the ship agreement are not authorized to discuss a broader accord.

The two sides reached a broad accord on several crucial sticking points late yesterday.

D-Day was the result of broad international accord.