Word: envoys
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...billion in annual trade. It was in the interest of both to let the other side know there were divisions within their ranks. That's the nature of the game, played this round by George W. Bush, a blunt-spoken Westerner whose father was once a special envoy to China, and President Jiang Zemin, an aging autocrat who staked his authority on building a better relationship with the West, only to come under fire at home for going too far. In a test of pride and power, two presidents fought to control the weapons of diplomacy, the tiny spaces between...
...various heads of state loudly declared support for Palestinians fighting Israeli occupation. But Saddam's comeback was the hot topic on the sidelines. Ten years after the United Nations slapped sanctions on Iraq for invading Kuwait, the issue was not whether to lift them, but how. Saddam's envoy Izzat Ibrahim even planted a kiss on the forehead of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi Defense Minister who hosted Operation Desert Storm in 1991. "Iraqis love Saudi Arabia," said Ibrahim...
...billion in annual trade. It was in the interest of both to let the other side know there were divisions within their ranks. That's the nature of the game, played this round by George W. Bush, a blunt-spoken Westerner whose father was once a special envoy to China, and President Jiang Zemin, an aging autocrat who staked his authority on building a better relationship with the West, only to come under fire at home for going too far. In a test of pride and power, two Presidents fought to control the weapons of diplomacy, the tiny spaces between...
...purchase and transport pieces of the two Bamiyan Buddhas to New York was rebuffed by Taliban officials. Last week a very faint ray of hope faded when Pakistan, the Taliban's closest ally, failed to dissuade them from going ahead with their plans. Pierre Lafrance, a UNESCO special envoy, was sent to talk to Taliban mullahs in Kandahar, but he found that "there was not the slightest hint of bargaining in their position. Their standard is definitely extreme compared to other countries...
...expected, however, Aslan Mashkadov, the popularly elected president of what remains of Chechnya and a leading commander of the Chechen resistance, issued a statement through an envoy condemning the hijacking and denying any responsibility. There's a sea of conflicting reports about what transpired on the plane. But the motive is clearly as we suspected - to bring world attention to the plight of Chechnya at the hands of the Russians...