The marriage consisted of historical, commercial, military, cultural and other ties.

This understanding, they claimed, ties like minded people from similar cultural backgrounds together and provides a sense of cultural continuity with the philosophical past.

Its economic clout remains formidable, and its commercial and cultural ties to the West are broad and varied.

Brazil and the Arab world are renewing their ties of friendship, inspired by strong historical and cultural affinities.

India and Afghanistan enjoy traditional bonds of friendship, a shared history, many common traditions and enduring cultural ties.

(The national language, Kazakh, is related to the other Turkic languages, with which it shares cultural and historical ties.

The Arabian tribes also had significant economic, cultural and familial ties with predominantly Arab citizens of the Fertile Crescent.

UNESCO also recognizes the islands' rich historical, cultural and religious significance with deep ties to the Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox Church.

Moreover, the Cauca region throughout its long history had very strong economic and cultural ties with the people of Ecuador.

The Government supports cultural, spiritual and linguistic ties between citizens from other national origins and the countries of their forebears.

Mutual accusations reached a level unworthy of the common history and the close personal, cultural and economic ties between both countries.

The SCO focuses on regional security, economic ties, and cultural cohesion in much the same way as the OSCE and EU do.

Recognizing the dynamism of the younger generations and their ability to play a pivotal role in developing international cultural bridges and ties

By increasing economic and cultural ties, diplomacy might unleash the soft power that could contribute to more gradual regime transformation over the longer term.

There were also years of Russia in China and China in Russia cultural exchanges, meant to underscore that the two countries were tied together not just by geopolitical pragmatism, but by genuine cultural historical ties as well.

Noting the desire of the two organizations to consolidate, develop and tighten the ties that exist between them in the political, economic, social and cultural fields,

Noting the desire of the two organizations to consolidate, develop and strengthen the ties that exist between them in the political, economic, social and cultural fields,

Noting the desire of the two organizations to consolidate, develop and tighten the ties that exist between them in the political, economic, social and cultural fields,

His Cultural Revolution alone killed as many as two million people, shattered traditions, uprooted spiritual and ethical values, and tore apart family ties and communal loyalties.

is geographically part of the Eastern Mediterranean, but may be included in Southern or Southeastern Europe because of its political, cultural, and historical ties with Europe.

Those cultural ties helped me understand the Urdu and Sindhi being spoken, and also to feel the deep urge to modernize in the Pakistani soul an urge that exists alongside the urge to reconnect with Pakistan s rich cultural past.

Noting the desire of both organizations to consolidate, develop and enhance further the ties existing between them in the political, economic, social, humanitarian, cultural, technical and administrative fields,

Noting the desire of both organizations to consolidate, develop and enhance further the ties existing between them in the political, economic, social, humanitarian, cultural, technical and administrative fields,

Noting the desire of both organizations to consolidate, develop and enhance further the ties existing between them in the political, economic, social, humanitarian, cultural, technical and administrative fields,

Noting the desire of both organizations to consolidate, develop and enhance further the ties existing between them in the political, economic, social, humanitarian, cultural, technical and administrative fields,

Economic, social and cultural rights were addressed in connection with the Puebla Panama Plan, intended to promote economic ties between Mexico and a group of Central American countries.

In that regard, a cultural festival would be held in Caracas later in the month which it was hoped would strengthen the ties between Venezuela and African nations.

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

Indian businesses naturally chose Britain over other locations in Europe for reasons of language and cultural ties, but even that is changing, as Indian investments spread across the Continent.

Given its historical relations and cultural ties to a wide geographical area, Turkey benefits from the rich perspective it has cultivated through exchanges that facilitate tolerance, harmony and understanding.

9. Welcomes the strengthening of ties between New Caledonia and the European Union, and notes the European Development Fund assistance in infrastructural, cultural and human resource developments, including vocational training programmes

He achieved an enviable rate of economic development for a country starved of natural resources, helped to eradicate poverty, and deepened Tunisia s ties with Europe through tourism, trade, and cultural relations.

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

Iran could also view the transitions in Central Asia as an opportunity to expand its regional influence, particularly given its close ethnic and cultural ties with Tajikistan and its long border with Turkmenistan.

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.

In this respect, TNCs from the South can use their familiarity with the local business environment, geographical proximity and ethnic and cultural ties to leverage their competitive edge in other developing countries (Aykut and Ratha, 2004).

The State party should pay particular attention to the close cultural ties that bind certain indigenous or tribal peoples to their land and take into consideration the Committee's general recommendation XXIII of 1997 in this regard.

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.

The India Brazil South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) has brought together three large democracies from Africa, Asia and Latin America that are keen on deepening the economic, political and cultural ties between them and between their regions.