The meeting had a "cordial atmosphere", spent mainly listening to the Brinsmeads express their views, and the groups "parted as friends."

The talks, which will continue on Tuesday, were being conducted in a "cordial atmosphere" with a number of important issues under discussion, mediators said.

Family members talked with each other here, creating a cordial atmosphere.

Behind the cordial atmosphere, the tension level remains palpable.

Pundits were impressed by the cordial atmosphere, which was in contrast to last year's.

But many of the Jewish spokesmen, in a cordial and admiring atmosphere, urged him to recognize a troubled history.

But then it took months to achieve a cordial atmosphere at work.

The next few years were marked by a remarkably cordial atmosphere and cooperation between the Middle East's two great powers.

After the first pangs of hunger were appeased, the meal took on a more cordial atmosphere.

The cordial atmosphere in the Chamber is plain to see.