In exchange for gas deals with rival suppliers, such as Algeria, Russia has offered vast concessions on arms and preferential debt terms.

At the same time, Armenia has rejected any proposal, which required excessive political concessions in exchange for participation in certain energy projects.

Of that total, 3,374,328 hectares were forest concessions, 973,101 hectares were economic land concessions and 268,316 hectares were mining concessions.

The last thing needed in this situation is US EU get out of jail free cards for corrupt Kosovo negotiators in exchange for concessions that will benefit Serbia.

A now increasingly arrogant and extremely well armed Hamas expects such a lull to be agreed upon only in exchange for new concessions from both Israel and Egypt.

It also recently signed new mining concessions for bauxite, in addition to existing concessions for diamonds, titanium, and gold.

Hollande, too, will have to make concessions.

In Brazil, the television channels are public concessions.

Iran wants to know which sanctions might be delayed, frozen, or lifted in exchange for current and future concessions, fearing that the US will continue to impose sanctions on human rights, security, or other grounds.

Calling for Israeli concessions is perfectly legitimate, even necessary.

That will require both sides to make substantial concessions.

Major economic and geopolitical concessions were offered to both suitors.

Then there are a variety of concessions, exemptions, and surcharges.

Thus, regardless of who becomes prime minister, the next government will not commit to real concessions to the Palestinians in exchange for a two state solution unless the result will be an end to the conflict and a long, stable peace.

In particular, they allow for the removal of concessions when exports increase, exempt sensitive items and reduce the effective scope of preferences while still extracting concessions unrelated to trade.14

No one should be deceived by any concessions that the Kremlin makes.

The Frente POLISARIO could not be asked to make any more concessions.

We and the sponsors made concessions in the drafting of the resolution.

We have made substantial concessions during negotiations on the Protocol before us.

Gazprom s dominance is reinforced by activities coordinated with the Kremlin to assert its influence in markets like Spain and Italy. In exchange for gas deals with rival suppliers, such as Algeria, Russia has offered vast concessions on arms and preferential debt terms.

In addition, the world didn t reward Israel for making concessions and taking risks.

Mutual concessions can be crafted that ensure negligible political fallout for both leaders.

But, for Khamenei, nuclear concessions might also undermine his monopoly over domestic politics.

They want you to make concessions to them and then they will reciprocate .

They want you to make concessions to them and then they will reciprocate .

The committee then established criteria for maintaining or revoking concessions (see annex V).

Can he make sufficient concessions on borders and Jerusalem? Similar doubts apply to Abbas.

Uganda had made several concessions in the hope of accelerating progress towards that end.

We will always remember the difficult concessions they made in order to reach agreement.

The EU must promote democratic development in neighboring countries without expecting or demanding reciprocal concessions.

The international community expects them to make additional efforts and to agree to mutual concessions.

The Millennium Development Goals are achievable, so long as we all make efforts and concessions.

Recently, some concessions were made by the government. They don't have a choice , she points out.

Before the Western powers, Koo demanded that Germany's concessions on Shandong to be returned to China.

(d) Improving budgetary and expenditure processes, procurement and concessions practices and the Sierra Leone revenue base

Agreement was reached on the launching of negotiations regarding the question of trade concessions, one of the four questions which were left, by agreement, outside the scope of the Doha Programme of Action investment, competition, trade and environment and trade concessions.

The left offered big concessions and was ready to take high risks for the sake of peace.

Stalin presented the crop failure as a sign of Ukrainian national resistance, requiring firmness rather than concessions.

Russia, France, and Germany (and later Italy) also had been pressing the Ottoman government for railway concessions.

Also, attempts to obtain oil concessions from the Ottoman government added to the complexity of commercial arrangements.

(b) Strive to reach agreements with the peoples concerned, as far as possible, before awarding any concessions

One of the iron ore concessions in Sierra Leone is estimated to hold 10.5 billion tons of ore.

Yet Hamas continues to reject territorial concessions, insisting that all of historic Palestine must be under Muslim jurisdiction.

Palestinian and Arab opinion is waiting for the US, as Israel s ally, to intervene and press for concessions.

Britain offers generous tax concessions for oil and gas exploration, including bumper deals for companies involved in fracking.