Sentence examples for important gulf from inspiring English sources

I was dismayed to learn recently that neither the Middle East director in the Foreign Office nor two of our ambassadors in important Gulf countries speak Arabic.

The Americans have failed to win over Saudi Arabia, by far the most important Gulf state and the only one whose military co-operation they actually need.

There are now proportionately fewer attacks in the strategically important Gulf of Aden, thanks in part to escorted convoys and to a transit corridor set up in 2009.

In addition, ships from China, Japan and India are all involved in guarding the strategically important Gulf of Aden, in Yemen, from piracy.

Saudi Arabia, the most important gulf ally in the 1991 war, has given conflicting signals on whether it would allow the military to use a major air operations center outside Riyadh or its spacious air bases for another war against Iraq.

Some will, doubtless, dismiss the Bici report as being biased, but it could well determine the next phase of the Arab Uprising in this tiny but strategically important Gulf state.

She also defended the UK's support for Saudi Arabia, saying the intervention in Yemen is backed by the United Nations and "the security of the Gulf is important to us".

Finally, just as important as what the Gulf states are up to is what their behavior reveals about what other, far more powerful countries are doing — or not doing.

The six-nation negotiating group (US, UK, France, Germany, Russia and China) that Schmid and her EU boss, Catherine Ashton represent, would also help with technical assistance on nuclear safety, a particular important issue in the Gulf now that the Bushehr power reactor on the Iranian coast, is operational.

We are a coastal state, and our sharks are important to fisheries and Gulf ecosystems, as well as divers who enjoy Flower Garden Banks, a National Marine Sanctuary located in the Gulf of Mexico.

"These efforts are vitally important, for the vast gulf between the rich and the poor remains to be bridged," said Ms. Štiglic.