"This has to be carefully managed," said one European diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity under normal diplomatic practice.

"I figured Christine could use the diplomatic practice."

Years of diplomatic practice helped Gregor to keep his jaw from falling open, his voice in a neutral tone.

Following the usual diplomatic practice, the official asked not to be identified.

In order to drive this process, the Byzantines availed themselves of a number of mostly diplomatic practices.

"We need this government," one senior French official said, speaking on condition of anonymity under normal diplomatic practices.

In modern diplomatic practice there are a number of diplomatic ranks below Ambassador.

The actions of this particular Russian diplomat are, frankly, shocking and not in line with good diplomatic practices.

In line with good diplomatic practice, it was agreed that the Rambouillet negotiations would be confidential.

In the 1990s, a restructuring process for the Egyptian diplomatic practice took place.