Making an opening statement
oming
1)Welcome to ...
2)I'm sure we will have a useful and productive meeting....
t meeting
1)We see this as a preparatory meeting...
2)We would like to reach agreement on...
of a series of meetings
1)Following previous meeting we have agreed on some important y we have to think about...
2)We have reached an important stage...
ing your goals and objectives
1)I would like to begin with a few words about our general expectations...
2)May I outline our principle aims and objectives today..
3)We want to clarify our positions...
4)We have a formal agenda...
5)We don't have a formal agenda,but we hope to reach an agreement on...
6)There are three specific areas we would like to are...
7)We have to decide...
ing shared aims and objectives
1)Together we want to develop a good relationship...
2)We have agree that...
3)It is important for both of us that we agree on...
ing over
1)I'd like to finish there and give you the opportunity to reply to this.
2)My colleague will take over from here,who has something to say about...