The six-nation Contact Group, including Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the United States, then took over the process from the UN, establishing the troika format for the last-ditch effort to break the deadlock.
Grupul de Contact, din care fac parte Marea Britanie, Franţa, Germania, Italia, Rusia şi Statele Unite, au preluat apoi respectivul proces de la ONU, instituind formatul troicii pentru ultimul efort de soluţionare a chestiunii.