Word: envoys
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...Jackson's visit is a sideshow in the diplomatic endgame. The man Washington is hoping will broker an honorable deal was also headed to town Thursday: Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin will meet Milosevic after consultations in Germany and Italy, hoping to generate momentum toward a negotiated settlement. The air war continues, meanwhile. One missile appears to have strayed into a suburb of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, which caused considerable alarm in a country seeking NATO membership. And on the Yugoslavian home front, President Milosevic sacked Deputy Prime Minister Vuk Draskovic from his cabinet after Draskovic publicly urged acceptance...
Moscow, sidelined and ignored as NATO went to war in the Balkans, is suddenly teeming with Western leaders seeking to negotiate their way out of the Kosovo stalemate. German defense minister Rudolf Scharping discussed Kosovo with top Russian officials Wednesday, following U.S. envoy Strobe Talbott's Tuesday talks with Russia's foreign minister Igor Ivanov and Kosovo envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin. Greek foreign minister Georgios Papandreou and U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan were due to arrive for talks later in the day, while Canadian foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy was due to join the diplomatic party on Thursday...
...Special Envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross spoke last night to a full house at the Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel about his experiences as an American representative in the Middle East peace process...
Lavine's visit was part of a series of events at Hillel this week celebrating Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day. This is Israel's 51st birthday. Tonight at 5:30 p.m. Ambassador Dennis Ross, the special envoy to the Middle East, will speak in Hillel's Beren Hall...
...ACTION Subtle but active diplomacy; sent special envoy, got both sides to agree not to use air power...