Sentence examples for longstanding contacts from inspiring English sources

Mr. Milosevic, with longstanding contacts with senior Western politicians and diplomats, is thought likely to be able to embarrass them, too.

African Union officials said Eritrea wields even more influence in Darfur, because of its longstanding contacts with the rebel groups there.

Church officials said the stop at the Park East Synagogue, a Modern Orthodox congregation, was added at the urging of its senior rabbi, Arthur Schneier, who has longstanding contacts in the Vatican.

Bushra Khalil, a Lebanese lawyer who has longstanding contacts with Syrian government insiders and has met several times in recent weeks with senior officials, including the interior minister and a powerful intelligence chief, Ali Mamlouk, described their mood as buoyant.

Furthermore, while at present there are still senior Afghan Taliban who have longstanding contacts with the Pakistani military and recognize common interests, the younger Taliban leadership that is emerging will be less likely to cooperate with Islamabad.

Mr. Reeker said the United States would welcome mediation by other nations like Libya, which has longstanding contacts with the rebels and has stepped in to negotiate for the release of a dozen Western hostages kidnapped four months ago by the Abu Sayyaf group.

12.18pm: Fedorcio says some officers have longstanding contact with reporters and may be perceived to have a favourable relationship with them.

The exception is participation of family members in the care, where the district nurse with her often longstanding contact with the patient and family is a suitable source of information.

Eight adults (8/136, 5.9%) were diagnosed with latent tuberculosis, but only two (2/136, 1.5%), a cousin and an uncle who had been in close and longstanding contact with the index case, were considered to have been infected recently (data not shown).

In Mexico, they say, the company's astute marketing and rigorous cost controls have been augmented by an ingredient that will be hard to replicate quickly elsewhere: Mr. Slim's wide and longstanding political contacts.

By then I had been involved with the European Commission in many different roles for over 10 years, and I think the main reason I was offered this job was for my in-depth knowledge of how European Commission funding works, and my longstanding personal contacts with people in the Research Directorate.