Sentence examples for diplomatic intermediary from inspiring English sources

It seems particularly galling to them that the United States is attempting to use Beijing as a diplomatic intermediary.

One Arab commentator, Samir Boutamdja, has described Qatar's Sheikh Hamad as a latter-day Renaissance Doge of Venice, a geographically tiny state that acted as a diplomatic intermediary between the Vatican and the Ottoman Sultan in order to avoid being swallowed by either of them.

Then, as if to snub President Medvedev's offer for Russia to act as a diplomatic intermediary, he said that the Qaddafi government would not, in any case, accept any diplomatic approach from Moscow unless the Russians chose to approach Libya through a body that has long been a Qaddafi ally, the African Union.

Moshoeshoe quickly appreciated the utility of firearms and horses in the new warfare and of missionaries as diplomatic intermediaries.

Most OECD staff work directly with experts in national agencies rather than through the diplomatic intermediaries anyway.

In the weeks since the pope talked Archbishop Milingo back into the fold, Mr. Moon's followers have forced Catholic officials to bargain with them, through diplomatic intermediaries, over the details of the private meeting with the archbishop that Ms. Sung wants.

Once the election is over, it also needs to step up diplomatic efforts, testing through intermediaries if there is any willingness by the new president, and Mr. Khamenei, to consider a more comprehensive agreement — dealing with Syria, among other issues — than the narrowly focused nuclear proposal that the United States and its allies have outlined so far.

During 1990-1991 he was asked by the governments of Iran and Saudi Arabia to act as an intermediary to restore diplomatic relations; and in 1992 he was asked by the Emir of Kuwait to mediate with Iran.

Some of that work had to be done through intermediaries, he said, because Canada has no diplomatic representation of its own in Iran; he thanked Oman, Italy and Switzerland in particular for their help.

The US holds no formal diplomatic ties with North Korea, and Sweden has acted as its intermediary on all matters involving political prisoners.

The country has long acted as an intermediary between North Korea and the U.S., which have no diplomatic relationship.