The new embassy is bland, vanilla, just as a diplomatic dinner is rarely riotous and a diplomatic speech is rarely spellbinding.
Sadly, there was also no diplomatic speech from our Secretary of State.
Locke described the incident as "one of the highlights" and, in a locution that may set a new high bar for diplomatic speech, called it "a testament to how we were able to work with the Chinese government on addressing a very sensitive human rights matter".
MADRID — Although the importance of the diplomatic speeches and ceremonies connected with President Poincaré's visit to Spain cannot be denied, I am in a position to state that the talk of an alliance between France and Spain, aiming at a wider sphere of mutual support than combined action in Morocco, is exaggerated.
Fact #3: Palestinian incitement is not just a minor issue, to be thrown into UN resolutions and diplomatic speeches as an afterthought or footnote, but the heart of the problem.
Chastened by his surprising loss at the polls, Mr. Mugabe, 76, was uncharacteristically diplomatic in his speech after the vote.
Papers of Daniel Webster Digitized version of correspondence, legal papers, diplomatic papers, and speeches and formal writings from the nineteenth-century legislator and diplomat.
Since Fidel's death on Friday night, the media have run blanket coverage of tributes, interviews, historical documentaries and footage of diplomatic trips and speeches by Castro.
He put it in more diplomatic terms in his speech.
His diplomatic gift, in a speech to a joint session of parliament, of support for a permanent Indian seat on a reformed United Nations Security Council soon traded at a discount.
A Sharon spokesman read a statement from "senior diplomatic sources" after the speech, suggesting that Mr. Arafat was still at least a bit relevant to Israel.
