Meaning of shuttle diplomacy | Babel Free

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Yet the model surfaced again this week, when President Emmanuel Macron of France was asked by a reporter during his shuttle diplomacy in Moscow whether Finlandization was a possibility for Ukraine. He replied, “Yes, it is one of the options on the table.””

“Shuttle diplomacy appears to be moderating its war plans.”

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