It needs not just closer economic ties, but also closer political ties.

The participants recommended that the Special Committee establish closer ties with CARICOM and Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), and encouraged Non Self Governing Territories in the Caribbean region to develop closer contacts with the two organizations.

Economic links pave the way for political rapprochement and closer ties.

Now he is seeking closer ties with regions and powers beyond the Americas.

Closer ties between Russia and the European Union make sense for similar reasons.

And better relations with Egypt presuppose closer ties with Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.

So it is no surprise that Japan is pushing to develop closer economic and strategic ties with India.

But the Philippines, it seems, is also looking to establish military ties with other countries.

It is that type of informal and intuitive mutual understanding that will pave the way for closer ties between young people across countries.

This signal is of critical importance, because Ukraine s hard won independence and ability to pursue closer ties to Euro Atlantic institutions are under threat.

After all, the DPJ came to power on a promise to balance Japan s dependence on the US with closer ties with the People s Republic.

Through these measures the government sought closer ties with religious establishments within the country and with Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

Undoubtedly, the US will try to build closer ties with Indonesia through greater military cooperation, because Indonesia borders the region s key sea lines of communications.

Since Austria became a member state of the European Union, it has gained closer ties to other EU economies, reducing its economic dependence on Germany.

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.

However, since Austria became a member state of the European Union it has gained closer ties to other European Union economies, reducing its economic dependence on Germany.

In an effort to establish closer cooperation between agencies, Jamaica mentioned the need to establish an interdisciplinary committee composed of national focal points of the Conventions on climate change, biodiversity and desertification.

When European unification was launched, it was thought that ever closer union would establish a community that would protect Europeans from political blackmail.

Sandwiched between China and India, Myanmar, which had earlier suspended construction of the Chinese backed Myitsone Dam, may one day be the link that facilitates closer economic ties between the two giants.

The Forum secretariat has encouraged closer ties with regional organizations and bodies, and in many of its activities has drawn upon their knowledge and networks to enhance further collaboration on sustainable forest management.

The imperial couple s weeklong visit is likely to mark a defining moment in Indo Japanese relations, fostering closer economic and security ties between Asia s two leading democracies as they seek a pluralistic, stable Asian order.

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Moreover, India has attempted to establish strategic ties with countries that China sees as falling within its own sphere of influence (from Mongolia to Vietnam, including direct competition over Myanmar).

Houphouët Boigny s support for France s African policy led him to establish diplomatic ties with South Africa s apartheid regime and make his country a supply transit route for the Biafra secessionists.

The Committee had agreed to establish a closer link between its work on the implementation of the UNISPACE III recommendations and the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development.

It made a wretched start at independence when the industrial region of Transdnistria populated by Russian and Ukrainian speakers who feared that the majority of Moldovans, who are of Romanian descent, planned closer ties with Romania declared independence.

Rather, WTO trade agreements could establish effective links with multilateral and regional development banks, thereby helping to realize the principle of closer international coordination set out in the Marrakesh Agreement.

Come closer.

He's closer.

The timing could not be better, as rising security fears are altering public perceptions. Recent opinion polls suggest that at least half of all South Koreans are worried enough about regional tensions to support closer military ties with Japan.

Some create strong ties, while others produce weak ties. Think of the difference between friendships and acquaintances.

In this regard, the Working Group will establish closer contacts with UNESCO, especially within the context of the ongoing project entitled Development of indicators on racism and discrimination in the city .

Understandably, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has taken the stand that Taiwan should seek closer ties with ASEAN countries rather than depend too much on Mainland China, but Ma does not see the two efforts as being mutually exclusive.

Sami got closer.

Closer to Leukemia.

These effects are different from support in that they are less a function of the nature of immediate social ties but rather of the ties these immediate ties provide to other people.

Everybody has benefited from these ties.

Tunisia is also endeavouring to strengthen ties of friendship and enlarge the scope of cooperation with the countries of the American and Asian continents in order to establish a solidarity based partnership that will lay the foundations for a new stage in these relations. That would serve the interests of all parties, bring their peoples closer to one another and contribute to consolidating the foundations of stability, peace and prosperity in the world.

A little bit closer.

Dan severed ties with his daughter, Linda.

Layla broke ties with her parents' religion.

Furthermore, trade tensions could weaken political ties.

This context and framework disciplined transatlantic ties.

Others have close ties to the government.

Germany has long standing ties with Afghanistan.