Barry even enlisted his former foe, Hillary the Hypocrat to smooth over bad relations with neighboring kingdoms over unpaid borrowings, the fake food sales and some stolen food.

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He added that it was "wrong to think chipping away" at Japan's right to honor its war dead would improve relations with neighboring countries, suggesting recent South Korean and Chinese complaints had domestic political motives.

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There has been talk of building a pipeline to neighboring Colombia's Pacific coast, but that is unlikely anytime soon, given the state of relations between the two countries.

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He also said he wanted to have good relations with "our American friends, " including "facilitating" the withdrawal of American troops from neighboring Afghanistan.

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