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The Norwegian diplomat mediated the secret negotiations that produced the historic document.
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Vocabulary list

jin
suffix
  1. -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite) (indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.)
  2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ... (indicates expertise (in a certain field))
  3. man; person; people (usu. in compound words)
gaikoukan
noun
  1. diplomat
gaikou
noun
  1. diplomacy
  2. selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
kan
noun
  1. government service; the bureaucracy
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
rekishiteki
na adjective
  1. historic; historical; traditional
rekishi
noun, no adjective
  1. history
teki
suffix, na adjective
  1. -ical; -ive; -al; -ic; -y (used to form adjectives from nouns)
  2. -like; -ish; -sort of; -kind of
  3. (something) like; along the lines of (used similarly to a quoting particle, esp. as 的な or 的なこと)
  4. -wise; in terms of; for; from the viewpoint of; from a ... standpoint; as far as ... is concerned (after a noun or pronoun, esp. adverbially as ~に(は))
suffix
  1. Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (used as a form of address with names, work titles, etc. to denote either light disdain or familiarity)
bunsho
noun
  1. document; writing; letter; papers; notes; records; archives
  2. document addressed to someone (paleography term)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
umu

Plain Past Indicative Form

unda
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs)
  2. to produce; to yield; to give rise to; to deliver
himitsu
noun, na adjective, no adjective
  1. secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy
noun
  1. mystery
  2. secret (e.g. to success)
  3. esoteric teachings
koushou
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. negotiations; discussions
  2. connection
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
torimotsu

Plain Past Indicative Form

torimotta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange
  2. to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

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