和(わ)平(へい)交(こう)渉(しょう) waheikoushouが gaすでに sudeni秘(ひ)密(みつ)裡(り) himitsuriに ni開(かい)始(し) kaishiされた saretaとのこと tonokotoです desu。 It's reported that peace negotiations have already begun in secret. Literal Peace-negotiations [subject-が] already secretly [manner-に] were-started [hearsay-とのことです]. ~とのことです is a formal hearsay/report marker: 'it is said that, according to reports.' 秘密裡に (ひみつりに, 'in secret') uses the literary suffix 裡 ('within'). 開始された is passive, giving an impersonal news-report tone. politicspassive voice (~れる/~られる)~とのこと (hearsay, reportedly)
和(わ)平(へい)交(こう)渉(しょう) waheikoushouが gaすでに sudeni秘(ひ)密(みつ)裡(り) himitsuriに ni開(かい)始(し) kaishiされた saretaとのこと tonokotoです desu。 It's reported that peace negotiations have already begun in secret. Literal Peace-negotiations [subject-が] already secretly [manner-に] were-started [hearsay-とのことです]. ~とのことです is a formal hearsay/report marker: 'it is said that, according to reports.' 秘密裡に (ひみつりに, 'in secret') uses the literary suffix 裡 ('within'). 開始された is passive, giving an impersonal news-report tone. politicspassive voice (~れる/~られる)~とのこと (hearsay, reportedly)