She did not sound annoyed, but there was no preliminary talk.

Preliminary talks on Kosovo's status are expected to be held next year.

He said that no agreements had been reached in preliminary talks last year.

"I've just had one preliminary talk with him so far," Mason said.

The preliminary talks were covered by an army of national and foreign reporters.

A preliminary talk with an architect who practices in the area also can be helpful.

She added that her administration had already begun preliminary talks with potential buyers.

The two sides are in preliminary talks, according to a person close to the deal, but it remains possible that the negotiations could break down.

The two nations had preliminary talks under this arrangement in September.

"If anything, we are having extremely preliminary talks in a theoretical manner."