State Department official Maura Pally says cultural diplomacy remains extremely important in the world today.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Official diplomacy is one time-tested way to ease tensions between countries.

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Here in Damascus, I've been speaking to a senior official doing a lot of his shuttle diplomacy, at least to Moscow and Tehran.

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"He is trying some sort of shuttle diplomacy, " said the official.

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