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Shuttle diplomacy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Use of a neutral third party to negotiate peace between two groups of people that refuse to directly talk with each other. countable, uncountable

    "The White House denied today that it would conduct quiet “shuttle diplomacy” with Chinese diplomats at the United Nations on matters directly involving Washington and Peking."

  2. 2
    international negotiations conducted by a mediator who frequently flies back and forth between the negotiating parties wordnet

Etymology

Popularized by Henry Kissinger during his term as United States Secretary of State.

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