Sentence examples for seeking engagement from inspiring English sources

There has been an evolution, Mr. Malinowski said, from seeking engagement to seeking engagement with the threat of pressure to back it up.

What the secretary should be doing is vigorously seeking engagement by finding common ground on regional issues that matter to the United States and to Iran.

He spoke of seeking engagement grounded in "mutual respect" and even spoke of the "true greatness of the Iranian people and civilisation".

The campaign is not only going for the hearts and minds of the public, but seeking engagement on a deeper level.

It was the first such high-level contact between the countries in a decade, and followed an announcement by Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, that America would respond to overtures from the Burmese junta seeking engagement.

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — A story is doing the rounds in Washington about an Arab ambassador whose view of Barack Obama's overtures to Iran is: "We don't mind you seeking engagement, but please, no marriage!" It's sometimes hard to know if the Arabs or Israelis are more alarmed — or alarmist — about Iran's nuclear program and regional ambitions.

The president still seeks engagement with the mullahs.

Yet with the Taliban, in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, he seeks engagement and unilateral ceasefires.

"Both sides will try to seek common ground and seek engagement across the straits," said Philip Yang, a political scientist at National Taiwan University who has advised the Ma campaign.

He has never cared much for the EU and has only sought engagement with the West when under pressure at home.

People living the relatively isolated "good life" naturally seek engagement with their neighbours, and one of the few mechanisms for regular interaction in the suburbs is the church.