European Foreign Ministers have called for diplomacy rather than a military option to prod Iran to abandon its nuclear activities, despite lack of progress in talks with Iranian officials in Geneva.

尽管欧盟与伊朗官员在日内瓦的会谈没有取得进展，但欧洲各国外长仍呼吁通过外交途径，而不是军事手段推动伊朗放弃核活动。

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But spokesman Kelly said Clinton remains engaged in telephone diplomacy on Iran, discussing the election violence Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

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Clinton,in a talk with reporters here, said she has been involved in intensive telephone diplomacy with President Karzai and his main election rival, former Afghan foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, and is encouraged by what she has heard from the parties.

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The US has publicly declared it will fight discrimination against gays and lesbians abroad by using foreign aid and diplomacy to encourage reform.

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That meant that several important countries were prepared to give the foreign-policy post to a British candidate, if that might lock in British support for much more ambitious developments in diplomacy and foreign policy.

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