Mr. Vajpayee apparently was for it, seeing cricket as a way of pursuing diplomacy by other means.

Good, we will pursue diplomacy until there is no chance whatsoever that we can make it work.

For months, it pursued quiet diplomacy, sending emissaries to plead for an end to repression.

"I'm here to pursue diplomacy and mutual political efforts that both sides can be taking," he said.

He pledged to restrain nuclear weapons development and pursue peaceful diplomacy with India.

Her job is to spur the Bush administration to pursue active diplomacy, not to attempt to conduct that diplomacy herself.

During her tenure in this position, she vowed to pursue active diplomacy to find a peaceful solution to all existing problems.

There is ample time to pursue further diplomacy with Moscow before any defensive system is built.

It seemed that even during these times, the Cholas would successfully pursue diplomacy with the far-east by having trade relations and cultural contacts.

"And we will continue to pursue diplomacy and not react to each and every one of their statements."