Sentence examples for defence affairs from inspiring English sources
Lieut-General Kamal Matinuddin, an authority on defence affairs, wrote this week:Freedom movements generally go through three different phases: the organisational phase, guerrilla operations and the open-warfare phase.
The party's president, Jean-François Copé, said earlier in the day that Mr Hollande should refuse a parliamentary vote to uphold the presidential prerogative in foreign and defence affairs imposed by Charles de Gaulle on the constitution of the Fifth Republic from 1958.
Separately, Viktor Ozerov, the head of the defence affairs committee in the Russian parliament's upper house, told Ria Novosti news agency on Monday that Russia would also deploy Iskander tactical ballistic missiles and S-400 air defence missile systems to Kaliningrad in response to the US defence plans.
We will not allow foreigners to interfere in our defence affairs.
It remains in free association with New Zealand, which retains responsibility for foreign and defence affairs, in consultation with the Cook Islands' government.
Hossein Dehghan said the test was "in line with our plans" and insisted that the country would "not allow foreigners to interfere in our defence affairs".
Three powerful ministries – defence, home affairs and border affairs – are filled by members of the defence services, or Tatmadaw.
But the military, under a constitution that cannot be changed without their consent, still control the key portfolios of defence, border affairs and home affairs.
The army retains control of three key ministries – defence, home affairs and border affairs – and has 25% of the seats in parliament.
Specifically, the constitution authorises the commander-in-chief to appoint and control all cabinet members in charge of departments relating to the apparatus of state security, such as defence, home affairs and border affairs (dealing with ethnic and strategic matters).
The head of the army is allowed to appoint generals to run three key ministries – defence, home affairs and border affairs – leaving them in charge of all armed forces and the police, all beyond effective civilian influence.
