This was the second time that the tripartite talks had taken place in Washington D.C., at the invitation of the United States side, a gesture which was welcomed by the EU side as it enabled further contacts with a wide range of U.S. counterparts and other key interlocutors.
To je bio drugi put da su se tripartitni razgovori održali u Washingtonu na poziv SAD-a, što je gesta koju je EU pozdravio jer je omogućila daljnje kontakte sa širokim rasponom američkih kolega i drugih ključnih sugovornika.