"If they show they're interested, or we've got negotiations going, then it's the agent's job to work it out."
Now they'll have to exploit this God-sent opportunity and do everything to get negotiations started.
The prize is to get negotiations going between Israel and the Palestinians.
He warned him to get negotiations going - or face losing his job.
There is a feeling among some officials that if anyone can get negotiations moving, it is he.
They also agreed to concrete steps to get negotiations under way.
Those countries want to get negotiations going as quickly as possible and with a minimum of conditions.
But other congress officials now seem ready to bypass existing problems to get negotiations under way.
The European Union must use its influence in order to get negotiations under way.
But if we're going to trade, the captain wants to get negotiations under way as soon as possible.