How To Use Diplomatic In A Sentence

Diplomatic negotiations often aim at a zero-sum game.
The statement affirmed the two countries' willingness to maintain their diplomatic, economic and military ties.
The Kremlin is still insisting on a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
German forces remilitarized the territory in 1936, as part of a diplomatic test of will, three years before the outbreak of the Second World War.
This performance was supposed to be a highlight of the events celebrating 40 years of diplomatic relationships between China and France.

Japan should recognize it needs to recalibrate its diplomatic strategy to meet changing realities in the region.
A diplomatic source said: 'The irony is that the royal family has used oil to slow down social change. Times, Sunday Times
Gesturing with one fleshy, clawless manus toward his shorter, more cranially hairy companion, he added, And this is my senior diplomatic officer, Commander Deanna Troi. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire
Oh, we've been very diplomatic but in the face of a deliberate and concerted political campaign the issues get muddied.
The incident pushed the two countries closer towards a serious diplomatic confrontation.
Nevertheless the political and diplomatic links which bound her to the rest of the continent were slowly multiplying and becoming stronger.
Yet, he was most diplomatic in his dealings with people of other persuasions, always respecting their views and loyalties.
What has historically happened to diplomatic services when nations have been unified?
The diplomatic stoush over whaling is intensifying.
The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security for our Republic.
The Holy Roman Empire ever since the first event of Charles the Great's coronation, when it justified itself as a diplomatical expedient for unifying Western Christendom, had existed more or less as a shadow. Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction
But there were no outward signs that diplomatic efforts would soon defuse the fighting.
His diplomatic role ensured unfettered access to leading players. The Sun
Leaked U. S. diplomatic cables show that the United States and Germany allegedly are developing together a spy satellite system despite strong opposition from countries such as France.
Britain should therefore not hesitate to use whatever powers and diplomatic skills she possesses to ensure that it does not come about.
He proposed a new diplomatic initiative to try to stop the war.
Formal talks for normalizing diplomatic relations have been suspended since October 2002.
He pulled off a major diplomatic coup by winning agreement from all the warring factions on a permanent ceasefire.
If the President signes on to any plan that in any cuts into social security or medicare, including fuding the cpi number, and especially under such undiplomatic circumstances of the terrorist tactics of the Republicans to simply do what governments always do, raise the debt limit. News - latimes.com
While he is always friendly, even jovial in a blokeish high-fiving way (his English having got better as my French gets worse) he tends to be infuriatingly circumspect and diplomatic.
This was despite requests from Churchill and the British Royal Family that the king be granted greater diplomatic privileges.
Egypt has had full diplomatic relations with Israel since the 1979 Camp David peace accords were signed by former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
They hailed the signing of the agreement as a major diplomatic triumph.
His admission that he was ‘disappointed’ was a diplomatic understatement.
But do politicians appreciate the value of the diplomatic enterprise?
His books on diplomatic history were eminently readable.
A good secretary needs to be efficient, and above all diplomatic.
It isn't their diplomatic style to commit themselves on such a delicate issue.
Diplomatic overtures are also being made to France, Canada and Japan as well as to ASEAN countries.
The looming enforced removal of Mr Ozberk, 30, has the makings of a diplomatic incident.
One is the diplomatic sensitivity about upsetting Japan after the worst earthquake and tsunami in its history. Times, Sunday Times
So I think diplomatics and businesspeople worldwide from the U.S. who are traveling have got to raise their level of individual protective measures. CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2002
Twenty-five remaining African and Latin American countries recognize Taiwan diplomatically instead of China.
the worsened diplomatic relations
I used beauty,' she says of her diplomatic technique. Times, Sunday Times
Here is John Simmonds, our Diplomatic Editor, with the latest news.
Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America.
It was an outrageous action, the worst violation of the basic principle of diplomatic immunity in modern history.
Further action may be necessary if the leaders do not yield to diplomatic pressure .
The consul's comments were a major diplomatic gaffe.
He is expected to go further with the effort to "refashion" foreign policy by opening up more senior Whitehall and diplomatic positions to outside experts rather than career civil servants. ITN Headlines
Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said during a interpellation session in parliament that he would not rule out going to war with Japan, if Taipei and Tokyo fail to resolve the dispute over the Diaoyutai islands through diplomatic actions. Fishing Boat Accident Increases Tension over Disputed Islands
My uncle entered upon a diplomatic career at the age of thirty-five.
In other words, Bulgaria will again have to diplomatically maneuver and make its choice in a vulnerable situation.
Obviously if they are, that changes the whole dynamics, but if it goes on for a couple more weeks and then it kind of cools off, then you go back to the usual long-term diplomatic strategy. CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2008
In Chongqing, Joe sought out contacts who could introduce him to the upper levels of the government and diplomatic corps.
The embassy official claimed diplomatic immunity and was later released.
Egypt's new government presents the policy shift as part of a general diplomatic reopening, rather than a reordering, of its regional relationships. Egyptians Court U.S. Foes
A legislator disclosed to reporters recent attempts to seek new diplomatic allies - an issue normally deemed top secret.
He is thought to be considering a last-ditch diplomatic effort to curb construction before January. Times, Sunday Times
Joe Gentile of the Metropolitan Police Department said that police investigate diplomatic crime fully, and they do issue citations to diplomats.
His diplomatic approach and concern for the staff ensured a smooth changeover.
All Herbert scholars will welcome Mario Di Cesare's stunning diplomatic edition of the Bodleian Manuscript.
The US is also intensifying diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict. Times, Sunday Times
By no means should a diplomatic plane with the president be diverted from its route and forced to land in another country. Times, Sunday Times
In the undiplomatic language of my old neighborhood, put up or shut up.
Maybe being diplomatic and tactful would work better. The Sun
An error in the translation nearly caused a diplomatic incident.
While Currie is extremely polite and diplomatic, it is clear he finds these frustrating and unhelpful.
Although an individual transporting a diplomatic pouch may have diplomatic immunity, that individual and his or her nondiplomatic accessible property and checked baggage must undergo screening and all alarms must be resolved. Wired Top Stories
Pujols, initially upset over the snub, is now diplomatic in his comments, but he thinks team performance should be the top factor considered. AL notes: MVP talk on the agenda
she declined the invitation undiplomatically
It is quite disturbing to note that two countries with such a close relationship since the time when General De Gaulle decided to open diplomatic ties with the People's Republic in 1964.
Kumar's diplomatic finesse wins him high marks from the board.
The next step could be the establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Pyongyang. Times, Sunday Times
Robson said discussions would take place about the form that diplomatic relations with Afghanistan would take.
Lobbying foreign governments to subvert the diplomatic efforts of a sitting president is something ex-presidents simply do not do.
She was just a little offended by the implications in his words and was suddenly bored with his arrogance and decided to get rid all the noble-sounding, diplomatic and politic speeches.
The disputes should have been quickly resolvable through diplomatic channels.
They tried by diplomatic maneuvers to obtain an agreement.
The countries do not have formal diplomatic relations. Times, Sunday Times
KELEMEN: What McCain called a feckless agreement, the Turks see as a starting point for a diplomatic way out of the dispute over Iran's suspect nuclear program. Turkey Offers U.S. A Diplomatic Channel To Iran
Economic sanctions, the cultural and sporting boycotts, and diplomatic isolation must be maintained and intensified.
The US has broken off diplomatic relations with the regime.
He caused a diplomatic incident by renaming the dog Dougal; the French deemed this a slur on Charles de Gaulle.
The attack came as new diplomatic initiative was being launched in New York.
A strategy of disengagement would require bold, risk-taking statecraft of a high order, and much diplomatic competence in its execution.
It is being discussed on the diplomatic circuit and it will no doubt bubble up at Westminster.
Unless a compromise could be reached the country would be diplomatically isolated on this issue.
Historical interpretation of medieval English documents and records requires a reading knowledge of Latin and French and training in philology, paleography, and diplomatics, as well as in history.
Such an attitude is a powerful weapon in diplomatical and actual warfare, and it must be resorted to, if the necessity arises. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe
Japan and North Korea are scheduled to hold the next round of talks on normalizing diplomatic relations later this month, possibly in Beijing.
This will require a full complement of diplomatic, political and military efforts.
And it can win friends and influence people, at home and overseas, in a way that a show of force or diplomatic bluster might not. Times, Sunday Times
China -- Germany renounces in favor of China all privileges and indemnities resulting from the Boxer protocol of 1901, and all buildings, wharves, barracks, forts, munitions or warships, wireless plants, and other property (except diplomatic) in the German concessions of Tientsin and Hankow and in other Chinese territory except Kiaochow, and agrees to return to China at her own expense all the astronomical instruments seized in 1901. History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, t
The school is set to make an official complaint through diplomatic channels. The Sun
When Japan and South Korea normalized diplomatic relations in 1965, Tokyo provided Seoul with $500 million, a substantial sum at the time, in grants and loans.
He has heightened his isolation by spurning diplomatic initiatives from African neighbours and launching a crackdown on local media.
The leader's aggressive stance seems to have foreclosed any chance of diplomatic compromise.
In that same vote, Israel abstained, apparently fearing international interference with their own outlaw nuclear weapons program, and Britain abstained in an act of diplomatic fealty to the “special relationship” between Tony Blair and George Bush. Think Progress » The Pictures of Corruption: How Hastert Used Tax Dollars to Turn a $1.5 Million Profit
JOHNSON: Charles has what I refer to as diplomatic immunity. CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2005
Henceforth UK interests were to be the concern of a British diplomatic agent styled the British High Commissioner.
Considerable diplomatic efforts were by now under way to end the fighting, though only one intervention now bore fruit.
Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were re-established in December.
After all, the US had broken Japan's diplomatic codes and could sometimes decode messages faster than the Japanese themselves.
Peter the Great's notorious visit to London in 1698 inaugurated the new century in a diplomatic, economic and cultural manner.
The guards were given a block diplomatic visa as part of the official Chinese delegation. The Sun
Ben Elissar shared the landmark diplomatic twist with dinner guests last Friday.
The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security for our Republic.
We should muscle our diplomatic approach.
However, any hope of preserving neutrality was soon abandoned and the severance of diplomatic relations with the Axis was announced at the Rio conference in February 1942.
Hurd flew to the Gulf on Aug. 31 to pursue diplomatic contacts.
Japan and North Korea have held three rounds of talks on normalizing diplomatic relations this year.
The diplomatic relations between the two countries have been ruptured.
The Americans recognise that the UN can be the channel for greater diplomatic activity.
The accord comes amid a diplomatic drive to end its isolation in the international arena.
Ministers claim that the public diplomatic spat has little effect on inward investment. Times, Sunday Times
Canada and Britain have established diplomatic relations with North Korea.
You're being very diplomatic, but I'm wondering if you aren't also disappointed.
One analyst said the decision will not lead to an immediate severance of diplomatic ties between them.
He was tired from a restless night of thinking and practicing his diplomatic procedures.
The leader's aggressive stance seems to have foreclosed any chance of diplomatic compromise.
While to an untrained mind, diplomatic speak may sometimes appear to favour Israel - although consideration of the full context almost always reveals a consistent failure to condemn PA/Arab actions - Britain's diplomatic * actions* (rather than words) reveal, if not anti-Israel bias, certainly pro-PA/Arab bias. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
He urged governments worldwide to break diplomatic ties with the new regime.
The PNG government sent a second diplomatic note on April 7, again demanding an apology.
A token number of official diplomatic missions is desirable but not essential.
International diplomatic efforts to end the conflict were grinding slowly forward. Times, Sunday Times
There were also complaints from America's diplomatic establishment. Times, Sunday Times
By no means should a diplomatic plane with the president be diverted from its route and forced to land in another country. Times, Sunday Times
Between 1988 and 1994, China normalized or established diplomatic relations with 18 countries, as well as with the Soviet successor states.
It will exert renewed pressure on the tense diplomatic ties between Britain and Argentina. Times, Sunday Times
Even amid the worst sectarian violence, boxers here had a kind of diplomatic immunity.
It has cast aside diplomatic niceties. Times, Sunday Times
This is a unique opportunity, and why a successful trade deal should be at the front of the diplomatic queue for both governments. Times, Sunday Times
RUBIN: Well, diplomatically, what the prime minister did today is what we call kick the can down the road. CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2003
The US severed diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961.
Mr Javanfekr said Iran wanted to end the 'animosities' between the two countries who have had no diplomatic relations since 1980, a year after Iran became an Islamic republic following the toppling of the US-backed shah. Undefined
In announcing the decision, Clinton and senior aides claimed a major diplomatic victory for the administration.
At the state dinner for over 100 diplomats held at the home of the Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, the president experienced sudden, violent gastric distress, vomited - as the news reports put it - "copiously" into the lap of Miyazawa and fainted in what was one of the most embarrassing diplomatic incident in the U.S. Propeller Most Popular Stories
Britain should therefore not hesitate to use whatever powers and diplomatic skills she possesses to ensure that it does not come about.
Meanwhile a government negotiator is dispatched to Pakistan to play weeks of diplomatic tennis. Grace Dent's TV OD: The Taking Of Prince Harry
Moreover, the positive side to Irish neutrality, our promotion of diplomatic settlements, our proud UN peacekeeping traditions, must be maintained.
He spent 25 years in the diplomatic service. Times, Sunday Times
Kim Il Sung also found the dialogue with the South to be beneficial, especially in breaking out of his diplomatic isolation.
The establishment of full diplomatic relations with China was a major accomplishment of the Carter administration.
In the first message, Roosevelt learned that Japan was applying diplomatic pressure to obtain oil export rights in Portuguese Timor, a small island east of the Dutch East Indies. DAY OF DECEIT
A diplomatic offensive was no longer thought enough. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
The downside of honouring a man seen by many in the US as a brutal dictator is felt to outweigh any diplomatic benefit. Times, Sunday Times
Baya was questioned that day and, because of his diplomatic status, released.
For the government will surely use the diplomatic channels available. Anti-Ice
Libya's diplomatic service abroad has fractured into those calling for Mr Gaddafi to go and those loyal to the regime.
It is relevant to reflect for a moment on what, exactly, diplomatic immunity is.
Collections of diplomatic documents concerned with the origins of the Great War have also had their built-in weaknesses.
These were the growth of organised and comprehensive diplomatic archives and the publication of the first great printed collections of international treaties.
Ben Elissar shared the landmark diplomatic twist with dinner guests last Friday.
She is very direct. I tend to be more diplomatic, I suppose.
The diplomatic fracas has arisen from a legal principle known as universal jurisdiction. Times, Sunday Times
Diplomatic sources said the main question now is whether a formula can be found to bridge the gap on both issues.
He envisages the possibility of establishing direct diplomatic relations in the future.
The first half of January was marked by intense diplomatic activity.
By holding off on both at least until next year, Clerides has created some diplomatic breathing space.
We all know from our high school history that the League of Nations was the legal and diplomatic fig-leaf for an imperialist carve-up by Britain and France. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
We have the biggest market share in Bulgaria, and are the executive and diplomatic movers of Sofia.
Julia joined the diplomatic service after her graduation from the university.
Diplomatic efforts at peace-making have so far proved unavailing.
Embassy officials have said that Makharadze, an economics minister, had diplomatic immunity.
Still, dealing with a complex issue such as this one requires a great deal of diplomatic finesse.
Therefore it is necessary, already now, to implement diplomatic measures and reach agreement on limiting strategic non-nuclear weapon systems.
They are considered attaches to the diplomatic mission there and are not armed.
The leader's aggressive stance seems to have foreclosed any chance of diplomatic compromise.
When Seti Ashgad, leader of the anti-Theran Rationalist Party contacted Chief of State Leia Organa Solo for diplomatic relations, Callista attempted to warn Leia to stay away from the world.
Intense prayer, along with astute technical and diplomatic skill, was dedicated to this problem.
Indeed, many negotiations have been slowed down because of the fractiousness of the nondiplomatic participants. Whose Cause Is It, Anyway?
There were some mediate contacts between the two countries before their diplomatic relation was established.
It threatened punitive economic and diplomatic measures if Khartoum didn't move quickly.
He sees the proposal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defense proposal.
The success of a diplomatic mission depends as much as anything on the quality of the information.
Today criticism came from a surprising corner, the Republican former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich blasting the State Department for what he calls diplomatic failures on Iraq. CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2003
It caused a diplomatic kerfuffle so he can't have forgotten about it.
It said Foreign Affairs clearly did not understand the consequences of South Africa's "overhasty" action in severing diplomatic ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan). ANC Daily News Briefing
One widespread method to spice up a report is quoting unspecified diplomatic sources.
Diplomatically and militarily, Europe is still a pygmy.
Diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis have been equally chaotic.
Besides this diplomatical dignitary and his wife, we had two American gentlemen of more than average intelligence, who related wonderful things of the 'spiritual manifestations' (so called), incontestable things, inexplicable things. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
He was to command the First Army Corps in Constantinople, but diplomatic protests from Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I
Politicians have to be diplomatic, and pissing off Obama by spouting neocon gibberish is probably not a good idea. Matthew Yglesias » Boot v. Peres on Arab Peace Initiative
Yes, it was all couched in diplomatic terms. The Sun
From the bench of bishops to the diplomatic establishment to luvviedom, they express their disillusion.
The two countries have had no diplomatic relations since. Times, Sunday Times
His unhesitating shift in diplomatic strategy in response to the unfolding world situation demonstrates that his policy is driven by a clear sense of what is best for his country's national interests.
He was renowned throughout the diplomatic world for his savoir faire.
Politically and diplomatically, the barriers against their use by a First World country are massive.
As apostolic nuncio, he automatically became dean of the diplomatic corps.
Canada says it is expelling five diplomats from the Libyan embassy in Ottawa for what it calls "inappropriate" actions that are "inconsistent with normal diplomatic functions. NATO Increases Pressure on Libya's Pro-Government Forces
All necessary means" is diplomatic jargon for "war".
The threat of the crisis leading to all-out conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours has prompted a flurry of international diplomatic activity.
Instead of making the case for disaster relief, he has been obliged to waste hours ‘clarifying’ initial undiplomatic remarks that he made about the stinginess of wealthy nations.
The family is wealthy and powerful and the president does not seem to want to hand him in," said Ms Gibb, who last week presented a "demarche" - a formal diplomatic statement Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The two countries normalized diplomatic relations in November 1991.
It remained divided into the senior and other branches, with the senior branch enjoying a virtual monopoly of political and diplomatic work. Times, Sunday Times
Though there has been speculation that the foreign partners withdrew fearing a diplomatic contretemps between the two governments, some analysts reckon their concerns were largely economic.
He argued that the shah remained a threat to the islands despite diplomatic warnings and air and naval patrols.
Indeed, immigration officials of many countries strip-search persons traveling with diplomatic passports.
Though the award is at his discretion, John Paul II will come to his decision aided by the advice of Archbishop Pablo Puente, the Vatican's papal nuncio - or diplomatic envoy - to the United Kingdom, who is based in London.

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