11.   Despite the fact that it was the fifth high level meeting between the two sides, the recently held summit was marked by a number of substantive agreements.

12.   Expectations aside, prospects for substantive agreements on any of the thorny issues dividing the countries are not good.

13.   Pastrana even spent Thursday night in an abandoned army base in the safe haven in his quest to reach substantive agreements with Marulanda.

14.   Regardless, the talks appear unlikely to produce any substantive agreements because of the absence of powerful faction leaders, such as Muse Sudi Yalahow and Hussein Mohamed Aidid.

15.   Some argued that the friendly tone was an attempt to mask the absence of substantive agreements from the Washington summit.

16.   The government and the FARC have been engaged in on-again, off-again peace talks for the past three years, but have failed to reach substantive agreements.

17.   The joint statement also said the ministers are aiming for a substantive agreement on transparency in government procurement by the November Seattle conference.

18.   He said the aim was to negotiate a substantive agreement that would take into account the different levels of development within ASEAN.