The phrase 'essential interests' is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase can be used to refer to something that is of great importance or paramount importance. For example, "The country must protect its essential interests at all costs".
You cannot hold out for your essential interests.
The corollary, as stated and repeated by President Pervez Musharraf, was that Washington would see to it that all of Pakistan's essential interests in Afghanistan were protected.
The paradox of the new Middle East is that as America's influence declines, its ability to sustain its essential interests remains intact.
Liberalism insists on the right to privacy where the essential interests of other people are not affected, but authoritarian gay activists are no longer content with a right to privacy.
The prime minister's office issued a statement on Monday, saying, "Israel will continue to stand for its essential interests, even in the face of international pressure, and there will be no change in the decision it has taken".
It should be a State in which the two peoples in Palestine, Arabs and Jews, share authority in government in such a way that the essential interests of each are shared.
I truly believe this to be a moral commitment, a scientific approach and an essential interest.
A key lesson is that the essential interest of each side must be respected and safeguarded.
[Page A8.] The statement added that Israel would ask for some clarifications "concerning matters of essential interest to Israel".
The Israeli statement said Israel would also seek "a number of clarifications concerning matters of essential interest to Israel," which were not spelled out.
In the case of the insulation polymeric materials, such as polyethylenes, it is of essential interest to understand correlations between structural changes and (di electric properties.
