Tears gleamed in his eyes when he recalled the cordial relations he once enjoyed with Britain's Royal Family.
Although we in Canada are proud of our cordial relations with America it was not always thus.
But the chancellor and prime minister, both Conservatives, clearly enjoy more cordial relations with Britain's big universal banks.
Moreover, as Mr de Klerk felt his influence wane at cabinet meetings, his once cordial relations with Mr Mandela turned sour.
After going to war over the islands in 1982, Britain and Argentina have enjoyed reasonably cordial relations for the past 20 years.
The episode underlines how dependent Indonesia's stability is on cordial relations among its main leaders: Wahid, Rais and Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri.
Eligibility for U.S. military assistance, financial support, and other benefits that flow from cordial relations with the United States will be adjusted accordingly.
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He said he has had "cordial relations" with Rabbani and did not anticipate any problems in the handover of power from the Northern Alliance leader.
Unlike Mr Austin, Mr Berdeaux maintains cordial relations with his neighbour, the National Park Service (from whom he snares a sizeable number of overflow visitors).
Bilaterally, Najib has also been encouraging cordial relations with Western nations.
Companies need to cultivate cordial relations with local potentates, too.
The prospects for maintaining cordial relations with China look brighter.
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Mr Brown's energy secretary, Mr Miliband is almost as close to the former prime minister as Mr Balls, but he has cleaner hands and more cordial relations with the remaining Blairites.
More recently Greece has tried to maintain cordial relations and discreet lines of communication with just about everybody in the Balkans, including Bosnian Muslim or ethnic-Albanian politicians who would not previously have been welcome in Athens.
It is already clear that though Japan for long has enjoyed exceptionally cordial relations with Germany (neither side advertises this but it is a fact), financial officials in Tokyo are now pressuring their German colleagues to relax the austerity policy.
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Unless actually forced to choose, each would prefer to maintain cordial diplomatic and lucrative trade relations with the United States, while preserving a valued client in Baghdad.
Will relations between them remain cordial or will paths diverge?
Relations with other religions became more cordial - in particular with Muslims and Jews.
Yet for the most part, relations overall between the United States and Latin America are surprisingly cordial.
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The mood at the meeting in London was cordial, almost like a family gathering: many of the Rwandan bigwigs have Ugandan wives or relations, and vice versa.
Our meeting today, therefore, provided a welcome opportunity to review our bilateral relations and exchange the views on key issues of mutual interest in a candid and cordial atmosphere.
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