Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and…

Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting to overthrow…

— Stephen Kinzer

The diplomatic relations start when the two sides get a bit closer to each other, but U.S and Iran, they are drifting apart.

— Shirin Ebadi

As for these 60 years, and in general more than a hundred years, we have had different periods in relations and there have been…

— Vladimir Putin

There is one government with which we keep diplomatic relations, the government of Mexico, with which we have good relations. Our systems are different.…

— Che Guevara

The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience. [On diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic…

— Winston Churchill

In terms of the nature of the continuation of the Cold War, which has gone on so long between Cuba and the United States,…

— Bernie Sanders

My proposal to re-establish diplomatic relations - not necessarily friendly relations, but diplomatic relations - is a sensible, simple, and straightforward approach that will…

— Cyrus Vance

Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies.

— Anonymous

Ronald Reagan, when he was campaigning for President, said that he would break relations with Communist China and re-establish diplomatic relations with Taiwan. But…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

It is 60 years since the restoration of diplomatic relations, but relations between Japan and Russia have much deeper roots. In all, our diplomatic…

— Vladimir Putin

My advice for Obama concerning Iran is just to do what you already promised you would do, open up communications with Iran. Which is…

— Reza Aslan

If the North Korean side shows no sincerity in solving the nuclear weapon, abduction and missile issues, then the likelihood of normalization of diplomatic…

— Koichi Haraguchi

A very large majority of the U.S. population is in favor of establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and has been for a long time…

— Noam Chomsky

Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time,…

— Colin Powell

We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.

— Gary Locke