Sentence examples for diplomatic lies from inspiring English sources
With Washington and Beijing both abdicating their responsibility and the situation deteriorating, Mr. Roh might as well use a few diplomatic lies to see if he can coax Mr. Kim into a North-South dialogue.
"The final responsibility for security at diplomatic facilities lies with the former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton," the Republicans write.
In many of those cases, he wrote, it is foreign policy matters that earn this designation, either because diplomatic wisdom lies beyond judicial competence, or because in foreign affairs it can be important for the nation to speak with one voice and act in unity.
Yet beneath the diplomatic successes lie economic headaches for Assad.
It makes it harder for his Chinese suppliers to visit.Pressure to switch diplomatic recognition lay behind Mr Chen's visit.
The US president's reported denial that he had not been aware of the spying "is at best a diplomatic white lie", the paper says.
It's harder to report on diplomatic events that lay the groundwork for how much influence America will have in the region years down the road.
The United States should be prepared to make firm commitments in all these areas now in return for Israel's agreement to postpone any attack until next year — a delay that could be used to exhaust diplomatic options and lay the groundwork for military action if diplomacy failed.
Britain's latest move seemed to be designed to lay the diplomatic groundwork for action by a coalition of outside forces, led by the United States, if there was no consensus at the United Nations.
While sending a strong military signal to Damascus and other regimes to never again use chemical weapons, Washington should at the same time intensify attempts to lay the diplomatic basis for this eventual settlement.
On his final visit to the United Nations General Assembly as president, Mr. Obama had hoped to summarize his diplomatic accomplishments and to lay out a blueprint of how to handle future crises overseas.
