The phrase "a foreign mission" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a diplomatic or military operation conducted in another country.
Example: "The ambassador was assigned to a foreign mission in Brazil to strengthen bilateral relations."
Alternatives: "an overseas assignment" or "a diplomatic mission."
Fidel Castro has accused him of deliberately sending sick people to a foreign mission.
And Weyman probably could and would have called on the Hardings on one pretext or another soon after Harding's inauguration, in March , 1921 if he had not been away on a foreign mission.
He has already built a church, a Catholic school, a Catholic day-care center, two convents, offices for two Catholic radio stations, a foreign mission and a Catholic newspaper.
In July, Isis said it was behind a car bomb attack targeting the Italian consulate in downtown Cairo – the first such attack against a foreign mission in Egypt since jihadis began their campaign following the crackdown on Islamists.
Huang Qifan, the mayor of Chongqing, who has kept his job throughout the scandal, was allowed into the consulate for a private meeting with Mr Wang, who later walked out on his own into custody.Mr Wang's flight to a foreign mission was extraordinary for somebody of his celebrity (as a fighter of organised crime) and rank (equivalent to that of a deputy provincial governor).
Sister Nirmala was one of the first nuns to head a foreign mission, running posts in Panama, Europe, and the U.S. In 1979 she became the leader of the order's contemplative wing (in which nuns dedicate their lives primarily to meditation).
The hotel was declared a temporary foreign mission during the week of the summit, with hundreds of Soviet officials occupying the top six floors.
American missionary who was an influential force in a number of Baptist foreign mission societies from the 1880s well into the 20th century.
More than a dozen foreign missions in London, including the Dutch and American ones, are cashing out and moving to less fancy (sometimes safer) districts, or considering doing so.
Its scope was almost immediately broadened to include, in addition to the foreign mission interest, a concern for home missions, education, and the publication of religious periodicals.
A 2014 end to the foreign mission in Afghanistan was first mooted by President Hamid Karzai in 2009, and endorsed at a Nato conference in Lisbon the following year by governments weary of a war that showed no signs of winding down despite a heavy toll in lives and funds.
