Sentence examples for diplomatic matter from inspiring English sources

As a diplomatic matter, however, that will be difficult.

Pew declined the offer of meeting, saying the marine reserve was "a diplomatic matter" between the UK and Mauritius.

Yet for most islanders, who rarely get to bask in the international limelight, what counts as a weighty diplomatic matter is whether Clinton will attend.

US officials told reporters it was the first time a national intelligence director had been involved such a high-profile diplomatic matter.

"We don't want this to be the first in what would be a series of assertive moves," said an administration official, who insisted on anonymity to discuss a delicate diplomatic matter.

But this book also understands the seriousness of these early experiments and the confusion they engendered: Was the eagerness to make a first crossing of the English Channel a sporting, scientific or diplomatic matter?

On the issue of Palestine and on many diplomatic matters in the region, we shared a lot of interests".

Much of what is going on among the negotiators remains veiled in secrecy, which is perhaps understandable in diplomatic matters.

"Missile-defense cooperation with Russia is a key U.S. goal," said a Defense Department official, speaking under standard ground rules of anonymity for discussing diplomatic matters.

"We've had some positive actions," another senior administration official aboard the secretary's plane said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss diplomatic matters.

For all of its strength and sophistication in economic and diplomatic matters, it continued to rely on primitive political tactics to round up the perceived opposition.