Others have close ties to the government.

China Historically, Korea has had close relations with China.

Malawi maintained close relations with South Africa throughout the Apartheid era, which strained Malawi's relationships with other African countries.

France and Israel had close relations in many areas.

We can build and maintain trusted relationships with friends, colleagues and sources who are proximate to the conflict.

There are, of course, perfectly legitimate reasons for close Sino Russian relations.

Countries with which Belarus has had longstanding, close and friendly relations have suffered.

The Tribunal has strong cooperation with various Rwandan institutions of higher education.

In order to limit the risk, it is essential to keep relations with China as transparent as possible.

And, despite hosting a huge US military base, Qatar maintains close links to Syria and Iran.

C. Regional advisers do not work closely with subregional offices

The Commission established close working links with the Lebanese authorities, and channels of communication were kept open with all sides.

Iraq and Pakistan have had close, friendly, and cooperative relations since the latter's independence in 1947.

That required building close relationships with key partners in other countries, the private sector and civil society.

The concession holder will have to show proof that the previous concession holder legally relinquished its concession according to the rule of law or went through due process with the FDA and opportunities for arbitration.

It maintains the country s improved relations with the IMF, and it has even approved an agreement with the US to guarantee investments.

Indeed, the inability to see the advantages of close state business relations is the blind spot of modern economic liberalism.

It has established close working relationships at all levels with the European Commission, the Council and Parliament with a view to designing joint initiatives and information products.

Officers in the Ottoman Egyptian army were appointed locally from the various militias, and had strong ties to the Egyptian aristocracy.

The same officers rotate from camp to camp to avoid establishing close relationships with the recruits undergoing military training at the camps.

To preserve the best possible relations with the United States, Europe, and other countries, as long as this does not involve risks to Israel s national interests or its citizens

Turkey has also tried, desperately at times, to maintain good relations with Bashar al Assad s regime in Syria, despite the Syrian government s abominable behavior.

It is in fact a grouping of mini states and emirates connected by strong historical, economic and social ties, but each one is completely independent.

The G 8 s seven democratic countries should use the St. Petersburg summit as an opportunity to reaffirm their will to develop close and friendly relations with Russia.

Turkey is engaged in an intricate effort to preserve its old relationship with the West while building new ties with its Muslim neighbors.

It may be careful not to alienate America, but it will struggle to build a collaborative relationship with its regional neighbors.

However, after World War II, the People's Republic of China embraced Maoism while South Korea sought close relations with the United States.

In a 1976 referendum Guamanians decided to maintain close ties with the United States, but also to begin negotiations to improve the Territory's status.

Reaching the Millennium Development Goals requires close working relationships among United Nations agencies, non governmental organizations (NGOs) and donor and programme countries.

Yanukovych s policies will significantly weaken Ukraine s hard won independence and its ability to pursue closer ties to the Euro Atlantic community, which the US has supported.

On the organizational side, NATO describes itself as having developed close working relations with the United Nations, the European Union, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

2 The repression of the socialist students is happening in a country that has close ties with socialist leaders in Latin America including Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega.

But it reflects a widespread sentiment among many Poles, including those who are staunch supporters of close ties to the US.

EUFOR has developed a close and effective working relationship with the remaining NATO presence in Sarajevo.

In support of these activities as well as in general, EUFOR maintains a close relationship with the Police Mission this includes having Police Mission liaison officers attached to the force at the various command levels.

Whatever the rhetoric in France, for example, the policies and attitudes in countries such as Britain or Poland demonstrate that good trans Atlantic relations can be maintained.

As Xi rose through the Communist Party ranks, he forged close military ties as a reservist, assuming leadership of a provincial garrison and serving as a key aide to a defense minister.

Champa also had close trade and cultural relations with the powerful maritime empire of Srivijaya and later with the Majapahit of the Malay Archipelago.

UNOMIG and the CIS peacekeeping force maintained close cooperation in fulfilling their respective mandates.

The organization had close links with the Elena Mederos Foundation and the Cuban American National Foundation, which had the clear objective of working against Cuba.

In order to maintain a tight relationship between the renminbi and the dollar, China had to recycle a disproportionate share of its foreign exchange reserves into dollar based assets.

In addition, the Tribunal has continued to distribute key materials translated into the main languages of the region and to develop close relations with legal professionals, the NGO community, local media and governments.

With nothing set in concrete, Europe's constitutional process continue to rely not on any transcendent document, but on balancing political relations and calculations so that the whole thing does not fall apart.

The Department of Safety and Security had established a close working relationship with the NGO consortium InterAction to share information and coordinate efforts to ensure staff security.

Noting the importance of maintaining close collaboration between the United Nations and the host country on contingency planning, information exchange and risk assessment in the context of good mutual cooperation on issues relating to security of United Nations and associated personnel,