Sentence examples for as a close partner from inspiring English sources

He also promised that the United Nations would continue to act as a "close partner" in Nepal's peace process.

On the day the indictment was announced, Soren Jessen-Petersen, who was then the U.N. governor, described Haradinaj as "a close partner and friend".

Last spring, Ron Frasch, the president of Saks Fifth Avenue, wrote to Cucinelli to say that he felt lucky to have his company as a close partner.

But they insisted that G20 countries were "well-positioned to proactively address the potential economic and financial consequences" of the vote, adding: "In the future, we hope to see the UK as a close partner of the EU".

"We welcome the desire to improve and develop trade and economic cooperation [with Russia]," Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said of Kiev's u-turn, describing Ukraine as "a close partner".

For those of us, Russians and Americans alike, who have believed in the possibility of a strong, prosperous, democratic Russia fully integrated into the international system and as a close partner of the U.S., Putin's recent decisions represent a giant step backwards.

IN MILITARY as well as economic matters, Canada is a close partner of the United States, but that does not mean the neighbours always see eye-to-eye.

Mr Akhmetov has been a close partner of Mr Yanukovych since the 1990s, but he used to be perceived as the senior partner.

"We continue to view Slack as a really close partner.

The McChrystal Group itself is not a registered lobbying firm, exactly, but acts as close partner to Shockey.

This is the first flush of a new American love affair with Romania, one of the poorest nations in Europe and, until the terror strikes on Sept. 11, 2001, not high on Washington's list as a close military partner.