Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

shuttle diplomacy

Diplomatic negotiations assisted by emissaries, who travel back and forth between negotiating countries. & In legal contexts, the term usu. refers to a similar approach used by a mediator in negotiating the settlement of a lawsuit. The mediator travels back and forth between different rooms, one of which is assigned to each side's decision-makers and counsel. The mediator relays offers and demands between the rooms and, by conferring with the parties about their positions and about the uncertainty of litigation, seeks to reach an agreed resolution of the case.2. Loosely, foreign policy. 3. The collective functions performed by a diplomat. - diplomatic, adj. - diplomat, n. diplomatic agent See AGENT.