The EU will have its own President, Foreign Minister, diplomatic corps and Public Prosecutor.
Papua New Guinea's former prime minister established diplomatic ties with Taiwan (in return, it is said, for fat promises of aid).
In light of Israel's diplomatic assets, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who in recent months has been travelling the globe to cultivate bilateral ties with countries in South America, Africa, Central Asia, and Central Europe, should be congratulated for his efforts.
The Italian foreign ministry's decision 10 days ago not to return the two men had prompted a bitter diplomatic row, with Prime Minister Singh warning of "consequences" if it was not reversed.
It was considered the ideal backdrop to a diplomatic initiative by Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who accepted the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart to take a bus ride to Lahore.
The Italian foreign ministry's decision 10 days ago not to return the two men had prompted a bitter diplomatic row, with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warning of "consequences" if it was not reversed.
Questions like how much additional assistance Israel should provide Hamas-controlled Gaza, and how best to fend off or surrender to the international diplomatic lynch mob have dominated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's and his senior ministers' agendas.
During his visit here this week, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store threw diplomatic niceties to the seven winds.
The revolt in the Arab world represents an early test for a prime minister who is still a diplomatic new boy.
Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's diplomatic spat with outgoing US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been a bonanza for strategic minded gossips.
Mr Suzuki mounted a campaign against her over a succession of diplomatic gaffes, and in February Prime Minister Koizumi was forced to sack his popular foreign minister.
Kerry's first diplomatic meeting abroad came with British Prime Minister David Cameron, where they discussed the prospects of a free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union and the importance of the Middle East peace process.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is stuck between a diplomatic rock and a political hard place.
He was quick to welcome the Prime Minister's comments that humanitarian and diplomatic concerns were as important as military action.
Italy's initial U-turn angered New Delhi, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warning of consequences to diplomatic ties unless the marines returned.
This dogged diplomatic pragmatism has been ardently pursued by the foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, an ebullient professor of international relations who had long advised Mr Erdogan before his appointment in May.
Luxembourg's foreign minister has decided not to exercise the same diplomatic restraint.
Tuesday kicks off (no mere figure of speech, this) with questions (at 2.30pm) to the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, and his smoothly diplomatic deputy, Mark Harper.
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Acknowledging that his relations with Lee Teng-hui had been strained by their differences over cross-strait issues, the senior minister said Taipei's efforts to win diplomatic influence through strategic investment were futile.
The deputy interior minister, Mostafa Tajzadeh, has suggested a more diplomatic way out.
Case in point is an interview Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor gave to Der Spiegel's diplomatic correspondent Erich Follath ahead of Netanyahu's visit to Germany this week.
The Italian prime minister dropped by to see him, Britain restored diplomatic ties after a 15-year hiatus, and Romano Prodi, the president of the European Commission, even spoke of inviting Colonel Qaddafi on an official visit.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak's hysterical warnings about a diplomatic "tsunami" at the UN in September if Israel fails to capitulate to Obama today no doubt add to Obama's sense that he can expect Netanyahu to dance to his drums, no matter how hostile the beat.
"On the diplomatic and political fronts, in the time I have been prime minister, I cannot recall a situation that has commanded so quickly such a powerful coalition of support -- not just from those countries directly involved in military action but from many others in all parts of the world, " he said.
The prime minister himself said this week he had intervened to prevent a diplomatic incident.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed Turkey would spare no effort in protecting diplomatic facilities.
Purported diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks suggest that Igor Sechin, the deputy prime minister and chairman of Rosneft, BP's new partner, was co-operating with Alfa (Mr Fridman's firm) and played a part in Mr Dudley's ouster.
His relationship with former Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin led Russia to pressure Yugoslavia to agree to a diplomatic end to NATO's air assault over Kosovo earlier this year.
In a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington, he said all options, both diplomatic and military, were being considered.
The Pakistani president and prime minister also made a "very rare and very special" break with diplomatic protocol by meeting Mr Li at the airport, the newspaper adds.
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