Word: cordiale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most notable change involved the first hesitant steps toward the on-again, off-again merger of Egypt and Libya. While Waldheim was in Damas cus, where he got an unexpectedly cordial reception from Syria's government heads, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat was closeted at his country home, 50 miles north of Cairo, with Libya's mercurial strongman, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Sadat had just concluded a jet-propelled, hush-hush tour of his own to two oil-rich neighbors and Syria. With Saudi Arabia's King Feisal and the Emir of Qatar, Sadat had discussed...
Despite such tensions. Iran maintains overtly cordial relations with the Soviet Union, with whom it shares nearly 2,000 miles of common border. Indeed, Iran has even received antiaircraft guns and military vehicles, as well as economic aid. from the Soviets. But there is an edge to Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveida's voice when he says: "Subversion under whatever name and from whatever source will not be tolerated in the Persian Gulf...
There were no monumental accords signed; yet the meetings enhanced both leaders' images as international statesmen. Overall, even the minor agreements served to spur on the momentum of cordial top-level negotiations between the two countries that began with Nixon's visit to Moscow last year...
...Israelis, for their part, were officially cordial-but not too cordial. Whereas Brandt stressed his role as West German Chancellor, Golda Meir welcomed him as an individual who had fought the Nazis "in the darkest period for the human race." Both leaders, perhaps significantly, spoke in a neutral language, English...
Bruce's reception in the Chinese capital was cordial but low-keyed. On the day after his arrival, he was received by Chiao Kuan-hua, vice minister of foreign affairs. Next afternoon Bruce saw Foreign Minister Chi Pengfei; in the evening Chiao Kuan-hua gave a dinner for the entire American mission, including Marine guards and Seabees, at the New Peking International Club...