ceasefire talks
Truce discussion meetings
Ceasefire talks are negotiations aimed at ending active hostilities between warring parties.
The phrase typically appears in news coverage of armed conflicts: Ceasefire talks between the two countries have stalled.
The talks may address temporary pauses in fighting or permanent cessation, often as a first step toward broader peace agreements.
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- diplomatic channelsFormal interstate communication routes
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- peace processEfforts to end hostilities
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
armistice · peace · white flag · mediator · back channel · stalemate · Geneva · summit · envoy · shuttle · good faith · concession · breakthrough · hostage release · deadlock · humanitarian · corridor · withdrawal
- negotiationsbargaining, offer, counteroffer, counter offer, compromise
- peace negotiationspeace treaties, mediation sessions
- peace talkspeace treaty, peace agreement, peace accord, peace deal, peace summit
- arms controlarms control, disarmament, nonproliferation, arms deals, arms reduction
- WWI PeacemakingTreaty of Versailles, Versailles Treaty, Paris Peace Conference, peace treaty, peace negotiations
- summitspeak, summit, summits, apex, pinnacle
ceasefire talksactive combat
military operations · armed conflict · offensive operations · military campaign · war footing
ceasefire talksescalation
Progressive increase in intensity
walkout · ultimatum · declaration of war · mobilization · saber-rattling
ceasefire talksmilitary action
Armed force by state
shelling · attack · gunfire · armed assault · bombardment
cease, fire, ceasefire, ceases, ceased, ceasing, cessation, ceaseless, ceaselessly