"You could have a situation where there are E.U. relations, but not bilateral relations with every member state," he said.
"I think we're making a huge mistake not normalizing relations with Cuba," Mr. Dodd said.
Finally, a guilty verdict against Tymoshenko clearly will not improve relations with Russia.
"However, the West is not developing relations with the Kurds in Syria.
Iran does not have relations with the United States, which conservative elements of the Iranian government regard with great suspicion.
Another group, the Islamic Defenders Front, threatened to attack foreigners if Mrs. Megawati did not break relations with the United States.
Bill Noack, a G.M. spokesman, said the company had found that its decision had not affected relations with Congress at all.
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said yesterday that Beijing hoped the emergence of the cables would not affect relations with Washington.
But, for the moment, "Not having relations with America is one of our main policies", he said.
Far from Afghanistan and easy to guard, it would not complicate relations with a host nation, since American relations with Cuba were already lousy.
