Indeed, some foreign envoys are insufferable, condescending toward both the city and its regulations.

In the Iranian capital, foreign envoys say the size of the buildup is not impressive.

Damascus, a foreign envoy noted, "is in the happy situation of having to deal with friends."

According to some foreign envoys, he assumed office in the Lutheran Church too.

Lindencrone rented out part of his mansion to foreign envoys.

None of the foreign envoys is in the room at the moment; given the current subject matter, an extremely good thing.

More than most foreign envoys who came to Zuwayza, he imitated local customs.

The tribune had several friends among the foreign envoys.

"As a military operation it was perfect, a textbook case," said one foreign envoy here.

"The gulf war has shown the Saudis that these people are false friends," said a senior foreign envoy who insisted on not being identified.