Sentence examples for formal rapprochement from inspiring English sources

Under the guidance of diplomats like Jakob Kellenberger, the Swiss reached a series of agreements with the E.U. to heal the rift created by a 1992 referendum in which Swiss voters rejected the idea of a formal rapprochement or eventual membership.

In Panama, will the two leaders seize the opportunity to advance the formal opening of embassies -- and thereby keep the summit spotlight focused on the U.S.-Cuban rapprochement -- or will they stop at an obligatory hand-shake?

But there are signs of a rapprochement.

This rapprochement is terribly significant.

But there was no sign of rapprochement.

It needed a rapprochement with the West.

A rapprochement never happened, however.

Had they ever attempted a rapprochement?

But somehow, the rapprochement lost momentum.

An Iranian-Israeli rapprochement is not unprecedented.

A rapprochement with the Jews, why not?