Since taking over, Mrs Banda has taken several steps to improve relations with Western donors.
If state visits have any purpose at all, it is presumably to improve relations between peoples.
The talks were organised in an attempt to improve relations between police and republican and loyalist communities.
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He has also sought to improve relations with Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, which were tense under his predecessor.
Janco Partners analyst Gregory Kolb believes that behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts should be enough to improve relations with BSkyB.
The Studland Beach Users Action Group (SBUAG) was set up in 2005 to improve relations between beach users.
The Mumbai attacks came at at time when India and Pakistan were making unprecedented efforts to improve relations.
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Yanukovich is against Yushchenko's desire for Ukraine to join NATO, and he wants to improve relations with Russia.
Mr Santos has indicated he wants to improve relations with Venezuela, correspondents say.
His successor, Takeaki Matsumoto, vowed to continue efforts to improve relations with America.
There are ample reasons to want to improve relations between the world's most powerful democracy and its most populous one.
PRI, when speaker of the Chamber of Deputies last year Ms Paredes tried unsuccessfully to improve relations with Mr Fox's government.
It was at this point that IBM vice-president Rick Thoman had a call with Bill Gates in an attempt to improve relations.
The Israeli election has weakened Netanyahu and brought in new coalition partners who may well want to improve relations with a U.S. president.
The good news is that you can manage behavior around you to improve relations, boosting both your self-esteem and your career, Taylor says.
At this week's meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, a body meant to improve relations, Russia's deputy defence minister, Anatoly Antonov, was equally blunt.
All this is an embarrassment for Mr Kostunica who said after he assumed his post that his priority was to improve relations with Montenegro.
As a government-appointed commission comes up with new recommendations to improve relations between migrants and local communities, what do its residents feel about integration?
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in Brussels for talks that aimed to improve relations between the two countries and to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table.
Morrison, president of the East-West Center, a nonprofit organization that aims to improve relations between the U.S. and Asia by supporting study, research and dialogue.
He is clearly determined to improve relations with the outside world.
It recommended the matter be referred to the authority's governance committee and that the council review its media protocol and give "refresher" training to improve relations between councillors and officers.
Under Radek Sikorski as foreign minister, Poland has managed to improve relations with all its neighbours and, despite some hiccups, won a favourable security deal from America under Barack Obama.
In an effort to improve relations with Muslims, Benedict met with Turkey's top Muslim cleric, Dr. Ali Bardakoglu, who pointedly warned the pope that fear of Islam is on the rise.
And at a regional trade summit in Vladivostok this month, Japan attempted to improve relations with Russia, a neighbour with whom it has yet to sign a peace treaty ending the second world war.
He promised to improve relations with Russia.
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Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- One of two U.S. officials who made a rare trip to Myanmar said Thursday that the United States was willing to improve relations if that nation's ruling military junta takes tangible steps towards democracy.
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Kim Dae-jung, who died in 2009, and the Hyundai conglomerate were key players in the so-called Sunshine Policy years from 1998 to 2008, during which South Korea attempted to improve relations with Pyongyang through political engagement and financial support.
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