An official at the German foreign ministry confirmed that such a demarche had been received.

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Merely trying to navigate around these less-than-noble steeds can be a death defying demarche.

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The US concern was expressed in a note - or demarche - issued to embassies and obtained by the Washington Post newspaper.

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Unfortunately, it was unclear who would be coming to the Foreign Ministry to receive the demarche, since Turkey hasn't had an ambassador in Israel for three weeks.

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So transparent has this campaign become that Azerbaijan's Minister of National Security was obliged in a recent meeting with Russia's Federal Security Service (read KGB), to make a formal demarche.

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Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said his country made the request in a demarche, or protest note, to Pakistan's top diplomat in India, according to the Press Trust of India.

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