Sentence examples for instead of confrontation from inspiring English sources

"It is imperative that the two sides choose co-existence instead of confrontation, progress instead of stagnation.

Instead of confrontation and radical change, he stressed the need for cooperation and patience to cope with the economic crisis.

Wang Baodong, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, urged cooperation instead of confrontation: "Great potential exists between China and the U.S. in developing clean energy.

Austria's conservative president, Thomas Klestil, called for "harmony instead of confrontation, consensus instead of provocation" as he opened the show before an audience including a visibly seething Mr Mortier.

He advocated diplomacy instead of confrontation, establishing a twice-yearly "strategic economic dialogue" with officials in Beijing, aimed at cooling tensions and deterring Congress from taking up trade sanctions.

Lately, I am quite sure that Gorbachev's attitude played an important role, just from that side which is probably least expected by many people, comes a certain suggestion of cooperation instead of confrontation, and there is some hope that maybe we will get somewhere.

Instead of confrontations, he said, he and his colleagues are focused of persuading a critical mass of people to join them.

Let us hope for the time when, instead of having confrontation, we have complementations.

Instead of "using confrontation to get attention," she added, "we now think that people are looking for something more positive".

The states that chose not to appeal say the time has come to focus their efforts on enforcing Judge Kollar-Kotelly's decree instead of further confrontation in court.

"Instead of political confrontation, we have before us a constructive Parliament," Mr. Putin said, addressing the chamber for the first time since his own election as president four years ago.