The talks would be the highest-level contacts the two sides have acknowledged holding since Camp David and seemed likely to focus on Jerusalem.

It would be the highest-level contact in more than a month.

The 10-minute conversation was the highest-level contact between Israelis and Palestinians in several years.

Such talks would have been the highest-level direct contacts between Iran and the United States for at least two years.

It was the highest-level contact with North Korea since President Bush took office.

The meeting was one of the highest-level contacts since 1979, when Washington broke off diplomatic relations with Taipei.

The meeting was the highest-level Nicaraguan-American contact in a decade.

The 30-minute meeting constituted the highest-level contact between the two countries since the communist victory in Laos in 1975.

Such a session would be the highest-level Palestinian-Israeli contact in a year and a half.

It was the highest-level American diplomatic contact with Libya in 24 years.