Drawing on his experiences as a diplomat, he wrote a series of satirical novels about life in the French foreign service, including "Les Ambassades" ("Diplomatic Diversions") and "La Fin des Ambassades" ("Diplomatic Conclusions").
If the irreparable should be committed, we must consider the authors of this crime definitively not to be associated with and draw all the resultant moral, political, and diplomatic conclusions.
The summit and joint press conference had the appearance of a friendly, diplomatic conclusion to a protracted conflict spanning four decades, nine American presidents, wars in Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin blockade.
The former Foreign Secretary, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, attributed the delay to "diplomatic problems" surrounding the conclusions.
(In that spirit, we should wait to read the I.A.E.A. report itself before coming to premature conclusions via diplomatic leaks. ElBaradei's successor is less sanguine about evidence of Iranian intentions).
Nonetheless, I do not think the case for urgent and immediate UK military involvement in airstrikes, ahead of the conclusion of the diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the Syrian civil war, has been made.
Julia Hall of Amnesty International welcomed the decision not to deport but added: "This positive development is eclipsed by the court's conclusion that diplomatic assurances can, under certain circumstances, be sufficient to reduce the risk of torture.
He preaches that "marketing is everything we do," and among the guiding principles listed on his Web site are: "Build bridges," "Be diplomatic" and "Don't draw conclusions too early".
But Mr. Préval, whose popularity has fallen as the pace of rebuilding from the January 2010 earthquake has slowed, came under intense diplomatic pressure to accept the conclusion of a team of international experts who contended that Mr. Célestin had not earned a spot in the runoff because of tainted results.
The Saudis are, however, getting that breakout capability just as negotiations with Iran are grinding to their ultimate conclusion, so the diplomatic component can't be ignored.
At the conclusion of fairly routine diplomatic correspondence, Ms Sturgeon is reported to have said she'd rather see "David Cameron remain as PM", and that she "had no idea what mischief Alex Salmond [the former first minister] would get up to".
