Sentence examples for on diplomatic issues from inspiring English sources

He is likely to get questions about domestic issues, but the opening statement will focus on diplomatic issues.

Wary of what this economic liberalisation will mean for his regime, Mr Castro is first focusing on diplomatic issues.

Mr. Chen acknowledged the growing cooperation on diplomatic issues, although not economic issues, between Washington and Beijing.

But it is symbolic of Mr. Hatoyama's efforts to reduce his country's dependence on the United States, and assert more independence on diplomatic issues.

Professor Eileen Denza, a legal expert on diplomatic issues, says the court has been used in the past to settle disputes.

"In an ideal world he wouldn't have answered the questions in the way he did," said one French official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on diplomatic issues.

Once it is settled, the path will be cleared for much closer cooperation on the host of diplomatic issues that crowd our bi-lateral diplomatic agenda, from North Korea's nuclear weapons to re-unification on the Peninsula, to weapons proliferation in Iran and China's relations with rogue nation/states in Africa.

The dispatches also shed light on older diplomatic issues.

Foreign policy divided the EU, showing how difficult it could be for a bloc of 28 member states to agree on sensitive diplomatic issues.

The new chairman of Japan's national broadcaster is facing calls for his resignation after defending Japan's use of wartime sex slaves and suggesting that he would toe the government line on key diplomatic issues.

Mr. Schmidt, part of a private delegation led by former Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico that also sought to press North Korea on humanitarian and diplomatic issues, said North Korea risked falling further behind if it did not provide more access to cellphone service and the Internet.