Informal ad-hoc diplomatic grouping created by interested nations to address a single situation such as an internal conflict in a non-member state.
1Another source in the contact group also denied the TASS report.
2Interior ministers belonging to the "Central Mediterranean contact group" met in Switzerland to discuss the crisis.
3A contact group is an informal grouping of influential countries that have a significant interest in policy developments.
4Confirmation that both steps are to proceed as agreed with the six-nation contact group last February is welcome.
5The contact group formed in January, aiming to help create the conditions for Venezuela to emerge from the crisis.
6Hague rejected the idea of a contact group proposed by Alexander and seen by Labour as successful in Lebanon.
7Rice told the council Washington would set up a contact group to promote anti-piracy efforts, including through sharing intelligence.
8Germany's Angela Merkel and French President Hollande will also meet the pair as part of a four-way contact group.
9Instead, it requires that you decipher descriptions like "CMP contact group on issues relating to joint implementation."
10Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said the French contact group proposal was not discussed at the Friends of Syria meeting.
11Ms Rice told the council Washington would set up a contact group to promote anti-piracy efforts, including through sharing intelligence.
12Underlining the inherent tensions, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister stayed away from the Cairo meeting of the contact group on Monday.
13Sieda said the first sign of failure were evident from Saudi Arabia's boycotting of the meeting of Mursi's contact group.
14A similar Libya contact group played a vital role in coordinating Western and Arab aid to that country's rebels last year.
15Separatist leaders had planned to hold talks by video-link on Wednesday among the contact group members but subsequently cancelled their plans.
16Separatist leaders had planned to hold talks by video-link on Wednesday among the contact group members but subsequently canceled their plans.
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