Sentences with phrase «diplomatic efforts with»

Burns, who has recently been giving Trump credit for diplomatic efforts with China and North Korea, said the White House needs to separate any U.S. response in Syria and the American relationship with Russia, which has been militarily supporting the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Not exact matches

«China has poor intelligence on their movements and has been unable to produce much evidence» that they are indeed involved in militancy, said another diplomatic source, who is familiar with Chinese efforts to prevent the Uighurs from leaving and then trying and get them deported back to China.

Mattis made clear that the US was nearing the end of its rope in dealing with North Korea, saying: «We're exhausting all possible diplomatic efforts in this regard.»

In the Forbes interview, done Friday, Trump responded to criticism that he's undermined his secretary of state through his often provocative tweets that have interfered directly with ongoing diplomatic efforts.

The soft power initiative also has involved a coordinated effort to upgrade the quality of China's diplomatic corps, replacing an older generation of media - shy, stiff bureaucrats with a younger group of Chinese men and women, many of whom are fluent in English and comfortable bantering with local journalists.

Canada has stepped up its diplomatic and trade efforts in Asia (although a latecomer, Canada is now part of the Trans - Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, and is negotiating a bilateral FTA with Japan) and has expressed interest in joining the East Asia Summit (EAS).

Canada should continue to strengthen trade, investment, cultural, diplomatic and strategic linkages with China, building upon the efforts of the past 40 or more years of bilateral diplomatic relations.

The president gave the Religious Broadcasters a highly quantified report on the administration's efforts between August 2 and January 15 to avoid war: «more than 200 meetings with foreign dignitaries, ten diplomatic missions, over 103,000 miles traveled.»

The diplomatic focus remains ensuring that the Russians and Americans are on the same page, something that John Kerry's efforts with arranging the Geneva Two peace conference have gone some way to progress but any US intervention may put in doubt.

More recently, he drew the ire of some fellow Democrats when he opposed President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran and efforts to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba.

Earlier, the prime minister had warned diplomatic efforts to resolve the nuclear dispute with Iran must be stepped up.

They were accompanied by Glenn Schweitzer, director of Eurasian programs at the Academies, who has spearheaded an 8 - year effort to nurture scientific ties with Iran in the absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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