The hedge fund's attempts to initiate negotiations were ignored.

The offerer must have been initiating negotiations from which an agreement may or may not in time result.

Each turn allows the player to move his or her units on the map, build or improve new cities and units, and initiate negotiations with the computer-controlled players.

The international seclusion and its effects on the economy, coupled with the internal factor of an ever growing consumer boycott campaign, forced the regime to initiate negotiations.