The phrase "building closer ties" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe efforts to bring people, businesses, or organizations closer together. For example, "The two countries are working together to build closer ties through trade agreements and cultural exchanges."
The meeting between Modi and Trump is an opportunity for the president to build chemistry with a country that is also building closer ties with China and Russia.
PAGE A13 QAEDA'S STRENGTHENING TIES Even as Al Qaeda strengthens its hub in the Pakistani mountains, its leaders are building closer ties to regional militant groups in order to launch attacks in Africa and Europe and on the Arabian Peninsula, said the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Michael V. Hayden.
She has made a conscious effort of building closer ties with bigger and faster-growing markets like China.
The Shin Bet chief also said Iran was building closer ties with Islamic Jihad in Gaza following its rift with Hamas over the Syrian uprising.
It is unlikely that he ever traded in blood diamonds, as some claimed, but he was probably involved in building closer ties between al-Qaeda cells in Africa, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
The region is at the centre of Xi's Belt and Road initiative, a $900bn development aimed at building closer ties within Asia and beyond by constructing large-scale infrastructure.
To add to Ankara's fury, the Russians, too, are now building close ties with the Kurds.
By building close ties to those groups, we hope to root out the problem and help the victims.
He led the Center in building close ties with international, national, and regional needs related especially to language teaching, literacy, and language planning.
While Mr. Mas was making his mark in business, Mr. Posada was building close ties to the C.I.A., which was using Miami as a base of operations against Mr. Castro.
Mr. Gerasimov, who has led the Center for Information Security since 2009, was described as building close ties with companies like the Kaspersky Lab as an element in Russia's cybersecurity policy.
