Sentence examples for diplomatic standards from inspiring English sources

BY DIPLOMATIC standards, the statement was crystal-clear.

BY DIPLOMATIC standards, it has become a dirty battle.

The visit was highly choreographed even by diplomatic standards: to underscore American support for the opposition, Clinton and Suu Kyi were photographed in matching white jackets.

The President emphasized that the late Ambassador had maintained the highest diplomatic standards and avoided everything that might have been interpreted as propaganda.

It's a very short trip by diplomatic standards, but it's a long one for television, and every new stop is fraught with opportunities to misspeak or overstep.

1936 Jusserand's Ethics Praised The diplomatic standards of the late Jules Jusserand, France's wartime ambassador to the United States, were warmly praised today by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who dedicated the Jusserand Memorial in Rock Creek Park before a large number of French and American personalities.

If John McCain applied the same diplomatic standard to Washington that he does to Havana, the U.S. would be an international pariah, which isn't far from reality today when considering the U.S.' image under President Bush.

But neither country felt it had the right to dictate terms to him, according to one Western diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity, under standard diplomatic protocol.

"The bigger challenge than the political mess is the economic mess," said one Western diplomat who spoke on the condition of anonymity under standard diplomatic protocol.

"Unfortunately, part of this is a power struggle amongst armed elites that do not have the best interests of Yemen on their minds, but are doing this rather for personal and political gain," said a Western diplomat in Sana, who spoke on condition of anonymity under standard diplomatic protocol.

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