Sentence examples for diplomatic ground from inspiring English sources

"The Balkans, when they tried an up or down referendum, it led to bloodshed," warned the diplomat, speaking on the condition of anonymity under diplomatic ground rules.

"Kurdish officials are frustrated with us," said one senior American diplomat, speaking on the condition of anonymity under diplomatic ground rules.

One Western diplomat, speaking on the condition of anonymity under diplomatic ground rules, said it was clear that if the Haqqanis were behind the attack, the militants were reacting to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent trip to Pakistan.

"We know there are going to be Sadrist ministries," said an American diplomat, who spoke on the condition of anonymity under normal diplomatic ground rules.

President Bush's remarks on Tuesday shook the diplomatic ground here.

The official, like another, spoke on condition of anonymity under standard diplomatic ground rules.

Mr. Nunn says he believes there is still a political and diplomatic middle ground where much can be accomplished to reduce the risks posed by weapons of mass destruction.

A takeover battle could mean "a slow, grinding, street-by-street fight, over the course of months, if not years," the United Nations special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, warned on Sunday, speaking at an emergency Security Council session on Syria, in which outright confrontation replaced any effort to find diplomatic common ground.

If Hamas continues to reject the deal, then the Israelis will feel they emerge from the breakdown holding the diplomatic high ground.

It could rob us of the diplomatic high ground we worked so hard to reach, break the united international front we constructed, and in the long run, weaken pressure on Iran by opening the door for other countries to chart a different course," Clinton wrote in the January 26 letter.

Hard-working, diplomatic and grounded he may be but Infantino will have to work hard to emerge from the shadow of the compromised Platini.