Enlarged or broadened negotiations

[Mher]

Hi. We say an "enlarged" or a "broadened" session." Can we use the same adjectives with "negotiations"?

 

[charliedeut]

If I got you intention right, I would say "extended negotiations".

 

[Barb_D]

"Broad negotiations" cover a wide variety of topics.
Is that what you mean?

 

[Matthew Wai]

If so, is it natural to say "wide-ranging negotiations"?

 

[Mher]

By saying "broadened" I mean not the range of topics, but the number of people participating in a given negotiaton.

 

[Barb_D]

I would not understand that meaning from your sentence.
We brought more people to the negotiating table. (Even if the table is figurative.)

 

[Mher]

Otherwise, can I use extended-format negotiations or narrow-format negotiations in that sense?

 

[Barb_D]

Otherwise, can I use extended-format negotiations or narrow-format negotiations in that sense?

I would not know what you meant.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Would you know what "well-participated negotiations" means?

 

[Mher]

Of course, no. However, would you know what an "enlarged session" means? The dictionary says that it is a session with an increased number of participants.

 

[Barb_D]

Can you say exactly what you're trying to say? Let's not keep trying word pairs to see what works.

"We included more stakeholders in the negotiations" is an entirely unambiguous statement. Could you use this?
"We brought more people to the negotiating table" was already suggested but apparently rejected. Would it not work?

 

[Matthew Wai]

But the OP is looking for a noun phrase instead of a sentence, judging from his posts.

Not a teacher.

 

[Barb_D]

And I'm suggesting that that may not be the best solution. The last time I checked, clarity is more valuable than brevity. Brevity is wasted when you have to go back and explain what you meant.

 

[Mher]

Here is the context, people: "Within the framework of the visit, the Presidents of Armenia and Switzerland are to hold a one-on-one meeting followed by "broadened or enlarged or extended-format etc." negotiations with the participation of the official delegations."

 

[Raymott]

This could have come more fruitfully in post #1 than #14. You could use 'wider'. In fact you don't need any word there, because the context is explained. The one-on-one meeting will be followed by negotiations with the participation of the official delegations. "Following the one-on-one meeting, the negotiations will be opened up to allow the participation of the official delegations."
In truth, we don't know how the nature of the negotiations will change by having more officials involved.
Still, I'm glad they've decided to do it "within the framework of the visit" rather than after they've all gone home.