How to Use foreign minister in a Sentence

foreign minister

noun
  • Russia is a member of the G20, and its foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, was present for the summit.
    USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The Israeli foreign minister said Gaza will be reduced in size after the war.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Poland, a vocal ally of Kyiv, condemned the pope's remarks.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2024
  • This from the foreign minister again according to al Jazeera.
    ABC News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • One was shared by Israel's foreign minister, claiming that the U.N. halved the number.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 16 May 2024
  • China’s previous foreign minister, Wang Yi, need some 17 years to make the same leap.
    Time, 26 July 2023
  • Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry last week called for Israel to open them.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The German foreign minister has signaled that Berlin won’t stand in Warsaw’s way.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Benzion once remarked that his son might make a fine foreign minister.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Qin’s seven-month stint in the role is the shortest of any foreign minister since the Chinese Communist Party came to power in 1949.
    Larissa Gao, NBC News, 25 July 2023
  • Wang, the outgoing foreign minister, was named to the Politburo in October.
    Russell Flannery, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The meeting could unveil a new Chinese foreign minister, too.
    Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Sergei Lavrov, the country's veteran foreign minister, will also stay in his job, the Kremlin said.
    Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
  • Five years ago, Spain’s foreign minister explained why his country had so far resisted the siren song of right-wing populism.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • That’s why there’s so much attention on a meeting on Monday between the foreign ministers of Hungary and Ukraine.
    Luke McGee, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Ukraine’s foreign minister said the grain deal should not be restored by conceding to Russian demands.
    Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The five foreign ministers will visit a number of capitals in an effort to pursue a cease-fire, get aid into Gaza and end the war, Prince Faisal said last weekend.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Questions from a Financial Times reporter about the foreign minister were omitted from the official Ministry record of the press event.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 18 July 2023
  • Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was elected as the new president of Cyprus in a runoff election Sunday.
    Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The Israeli foreign minister, Israel Katz, called on Saturday for it to be replaced.
    Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Blinken met Friday with Arab foreign ministers at global climate talks in Dubai.
    Najib Jobain, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • This week, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov cheered Vance’s addition to the ticket.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Tsai touched down in Guatemala on Friday afternoon, walking from the plane along a red carpet alongside Guatemala's foreign minister.
    Megan Janetsky, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
  • In August, Russia’s foreign minister, his deputy and the Kremlin’s spokesperson all stated that changes will soon be announced.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Cavusoglu, the foreign minister, said Turkey plans to open two new border crossings with Syria.
    Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Blinken said on Monday at the top of his meeting with the Australian foreign minister that the situation in the Middle East is at a critical moment.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
  • One of the first dissents came from former foreign minister Gebran Bassil, a right-wing populist and a favorite target of protests against corruption.
    Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But the government called what's known as a snap election in the wake of the May 19 helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi, as well as the foreign minister and other officials.
    Peter Kenyon, NPR, 27 June 2024
  • Kwarteng was replaced by Jeremy Hunt, a former foreign minister who was beaten to the prime minister job by Boris Johnson in 2019.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The decision to strip Hungary of the right to host the next informal meeting of EU foreign ministers is the latest downgrade in relations between the bloc and Hungary.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 23 July 2024

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