Sentence examples for a regional player from inspiring English sources

This leading NATO country, instead of continuing to pursue a foreign policy focused on Europe, the United States and Israel, is trying to become a regional player in a region burdened with conflicts and historical grievances.

"We are a regional player," insists Simon Harvey, head of SAB's Nigerian businesses.

This fits perfectly with Turkey's ambition to be a global as well as a regional player.

Would be real sad if a national party gets reduced to a regional player.

"No one," he said, "can deny that Iran is a regional player".

He also gets credit at home for making Greece more of a regional player.

It is in our shared interest to help realise the full potential of this country as a major regional player and a link between east and west," he said.

More than 30 nations will attend the conference, but a major regional player, Iran, a close ally of Assad's government, has so far been excluded at the insistence of Washington.

For decades prized and protected as a national icon, the airline is still a powerful regional player despite its most recent struggles, which give the American airlines a rare opportunity to invest in it.

With the purchase, Lion is hoping to grab a larger share of the largely untapped domestic market and become a leading regional player alongside Malaysia's AirAsia.

"We want to become a true regional player," says Takis Arapoglou, NBG's boss.