Sentence examples for bilateral irritants from inspiring English sources
He was no longer worried about Saudi Arabia blocking the FTA, but lamented continuing bilateral irritants with the Saudis and Saudi obstruction of inter-GCC projects such as a Qatar-UAE causeway and a Qatar-Kuwait pipeline (both of which impact on Bahrain).
(Readers will recall that the status of Mr. Bugti was a major bilateral irritant between Afghanistan and the Musharraf government, since Musharraf wanted Bugti "deported" to Pakistan by Karzai to "face justice" for participation in separatist activities).
Mexicans may soon be able to travel to Canada without a visa again, after a six year period during which the visa requirement constituted a constant bilateral irritant.
China treats American support for Taiwan, a separately governed island that China claims as its sovereign territory, as the biggest irritant in bilateral relations.
He nonetheless clearly remains disturbed by the way it played out, by continuing irritants in the bilateral relationship with Saudi Arabia, and by Saudi attempts to block cooperative projects between other GCC countries.
While the vast majority of bilateral commercial exchange proceeds smoothly, irritants do exist.
Another major irritant in the bilateral relationship that could hamper cooperation from the Pakistani military stems from the decision by the Bush administration to complete a nuclear deal with India, Pakistan's archenemy.
In turn, Russia has been lobbying the United States to remove the Jackson-Vanik agreement, a Soviet-era regulation that has restricted bilateral trade and remained an irritant in American-Russian relations.
Calling Fahmy's imprisonment "the only major irritant in our bilateral relationship," Baird heaped praise on Sisi's fight against "the terrorist acts of the Muslim Brotherhood".
Poland's own "reset" with Russia means that it is in no state to complain about America's.The outstanding bilateral issues are a series of trivial irritants: some grumbles about restitution for Holocaust victims' families on one side, continued complaints about the existence of a visa regime on the other.
