Sentence examples for overseas affairs from inspiring English sources

During the Hiranuma (1939) and Yonai (1940) cabinets, he served as minister of overseas affairs.

In 1938, however, he became minister of foreign affairs and minister of overseas affairs in the new government of Konoe Fumimaro.

In mitigation, Ahmed's barrister, Jeremy Baker QC, said the peer had given years of service to the community and played a significant role in interfaith relations and Britain's overseas affairs.

This is the model that the SFO hopes will prevail as it cracks down on corporate bribery: confession, co-operation and penalties set high enough to punish and deter but not so high as to cripple.America's Department of Justice, meanwhile, has also taken a robust interest in BAE's overseas affairs.

"We are dropping involvement in politics and strengthening our core intelligence capabilities by focusing on our traditional role in national security [and] handling operations regarding overseas affairs," including North Korea and antiterrorism, Huh told the South Korean parliament's intelligence committee last month, according to the Hankyoreh.

The election of President Obama is an opportunity to bring a fresh breath of accountability to this basic tenet of US overseas affairs.

Lu, who is also known as Lu Zhongying, is an adviser to Taiwan's overseas community affairs council, according to a Taiwanese government spokeswoman in California.

Vayalar Ravi, India's Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, said that the joke was "quite unfortunate and quite objectionable" and that he would raise the issue with the United States State Department.

BBC News reported that Vayalar Ravi, India's Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, called the joke "quite unfortunate and quite objectionable" in remarks to reporters, adding that his embassy planned to discuss the matter with the United States State Department.

Earlier this week Vayalar Ravi, India's minister of overseas Indian affairs, criticized the joke as "quite unfortunate and quite objectionable," while Victoria Nuland, a spokeswoman for the State Department, defended it as free speech protected by the United States Constitution.

Later that day, in a hint that the wheels of justice may at last begin to turn, Jagdish Tytler, the minister in Mr Singh's government responsible for overseas Indians' affairs, felt forced to resign because of accusations about his role in the riots.These had been repeated in the report of the latest ninth commission to inquire into the riots.