Welcome to you, Norah. I had to go searching for your ref.--I am not meticulous in reading my W.'s A. D., I'm afraid. But you did make me go and check Monday's Word--I do love them the best, because of the little narratives that go with them. And I found out--Anu's back, Anu's back! All's right with the world again.
Anyway--the quote is "Japanese anger over the kidnappings and North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions have stalled the rapprochement process between Tokyo and
Pyongyang."
And the def. is:
Establishing or reestablishing of cordial relation,
especially between nations.
Oh man--every time I'm about to type yes or no to your question, I see the argument for the other way! We need an expert, please!