"I don't think it will hurt" Chinese-Vatican relations, he said.

Albanians and Macedonians alike say this latest fighting, so close to the capital, has hurt relations that were already strained.

Jordanian officials said they regretted the action but did not think it would hurt relations.

He insisted that those incidents had not hurt relations with Mexico.

"If we don't turn this situation around as soon as possible, it would hurt mutually beneficial relations and the feelings of people in both countries."

It's going to end up hurting Sino-American relations in a number of ways.

Finland banned the film from public view, fearing that it could hurt external relations with its eastern neighbor.

The latter meanwhile unwisely took the side of the league during the strike, hurting relations with his players.

"This is absolutely unacceptable to us," the statement said, adding that the United States should do nothing to hurt relations.

But while it was in force, it could only hurt relations between religious congregations and their neighbors.