The two sides also agree that the negotiations will last a long time.

He said the negotiations with the agency had lasted more than three and a half years.

The negotiations lasted until June 24, but brought no agreement.

The negotiations lasted 50 days, but in the end no agreement was reached.

The negotiations lasted for nearly six years, and ultimately came to nothing.

The negotiations began in early 2002 and lasted through the end of 2003, when they were abandoned.

These negotiations have been going on for almost five years and will probably last another five.

On this particular Sunday night, the negotiations had lasted until a few minutes before the library closed.

The negotiations lasted the whole night, ending at 5 am in the morning of February 6, 1981.

The negotiations lasted nearly twenty days, during which the Chinese military increased their presence in the region.