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The dead cannot speak. But hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry, published in a new book by Bouthaina Shaaban, who spent ten years as Hafez's interpreter and is still an adviser to his son Bashar.
Robert Fisk

Meaning of "foreign ministry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREIGN MINISTRY

foreign ministry  [ˈfɒrɪn ˈmɪnɪstrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREIGN MINISTRY

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Foreign ministry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOREIGN MINISTRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Foreign minister

A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government. It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in coalition governments. In some nations, such as India, the foreign minister is referred to as the Minister for External Affairs or, as in the case of Brazil and of the former Soviet Union, as the Minister of External Relations. In the United States the equivalent to the foreign ministry is called the Department of State, and the equivalent position is known as the Secretary of State. Other common titles may include minister of foreign relations. In many Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, the foreign minister is colloquially called canciller . A foreign minister's powers can vary from government to government.

Definition of foreign ministry in the English dictionary

The definition of foreign ministry in the dictionary is the government department responsible for a country's dealings with other countries.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY


artistry
ˈɑːtɪstrɪ
baptistery
ˈbæptɪstrɪ
baptistry
ˈbæptɪstrɪ
biochemistry
ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
chemistry
ˈkɛmɪstrɪ
dentistry
ˈdɛntɪstrɪ
electrochemistry
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
forestry
ˈfɒrɪstrɪ
geochemistry
ˌdʒiːəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
histochemistry
ˌhɪstəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
immunochemistry
ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
immunohistochemistry
ˌɪmjʊnəʊˌhɪstəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
maestri
ˈmaɪstrɪ
ministry
ˈmɪnɪstrɪ
pastry
ˈpeɪstrɪ
photochemistry
ˌfəʊtəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
registry
ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ
tanistry
ˈtænɪstrɪ
tapestry
ˈtæpɪstrɪ
thermochemistry
ˌθɜːməʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREIGN MINISTRY

foreign bill
foreign body
foreign correspondent
foreign currency
foreign currency income
foreign draft
foreign exchange
foreign exchange market
foreign exchange rate
foreign investment
foreign legion
foreign minister
foreign mission
foreign national
foreign office
foreign policy
foreign relations
foreign secretary
foreign service

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREIGN MINISTRY

astrochemistry
biogeochemistry
casuistry
combinatorial chemistry
cosmochemistry
cytochemistry
floristry
immunocytochemistry
industry
inorganic chemistry
land registry
neurochemistry
nuclear chemistry
organic chemistry
palmistry
petrochemistry
physical chemistry
phytochemistry
prime ministry
sophistry
stereochemistry

Synonyms and antonyms of foreign ministry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foreign ministry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN MINISTRY

Find out the translation of foreign ministry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foreign ministry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foreign ministry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

外交部
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
570 millions of speakers

English

foreign ministry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विदेश मंत्रालय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وزارة الخارجية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

МИД
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ministério das Relações Exteriores
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়ের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ministère des Affaires étrangères
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kementerian Luar Negara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Außenministerium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

外務省
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외교부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pelayanan manca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bộ Ngoại giao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிநாட்டு அமைச்சகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परराष्ट्र मंत्रालय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dış işleri bakanlığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ministero degli Esteri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

MSZ
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

МЗС
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ministerul de externe al
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Το υπουργείο Εξωτερικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ministerie van buitelandse sake
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

UD
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utenriksdepartementet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foreign ministry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGN MINISTRY»

The term «foreign ministry» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.737 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGN MINISTRY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foreign ministry

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2 QUOTES WITH «FOREIGN MINISTRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word foreign ministry.
1
Robert Fisk
The dead cannot speak. But hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry, published in a new book by Bouthaina Shaaban, who spent ten years as Hafez's interpreter and is still an adviser to his son Bashar.
2
Chen Guangcheng
The Chinese foreign ministry has said more than once that I am a free person. Did I do anything wrong by leaving my home?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREIGN MINISTRY»

Discover the use of foreign ministry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foreign ministry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
At Home with the Diplomats: Inside a European Foreign Ministry
In this book he shows us how diplomacy is conducted on a day-to-day basis.
Iver B. Neumann, 2012
2
Crossing Empire's Edge: Foreign Ministry Police and Japanese ...
Revealing a far greater complexity of motivation behind the Japanese colonial mission, Crossing Empire's Edge boldly illustrates how the imperial Japanese state viewed political security at home as inextricably connected to political ...
Erik Esselstrom, 2009
3
The Cultural Revolution in the Foreign Ministry of China
The author of this book challenges this point of view.
Jisen Ma, 2004
4
Chiune Sugihara and Japan's Foreign Ministry, Between ...
Chiune Sugihara (1900-86) was Japanese vice consul in Lithuania in September 1939, when the partition of Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union forced thousands of Jews into Lithuania to escape Nazi rule.
Seishirō Sugihara, 2001
5
Foreign Policy Decision-making in Nigeria
Using a decision-making system approach, this book presents many new facts about Nigeria's foreign policy dynamics and outputs through many governmental eras.
Ufot Bassey Inamete, 2001
6
Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy
The foreign ministry continued to operate under the same ideological, anticommunist paradigm of the previous regime until 1991, and it only changed course, not because of a process of modernization but by simply being "dragged" along by ...
Frank O. Mora, Jeanne A. K. Hey, 2003
7
Israel, Turkey and Greece: Uneasy Relations in the East ...
Rome to Foreign Ministry, on conversation with the Greek ambassador to Italy, 3 July 1952, ISA 2537/7/a. Ibid.; London to Foreign Ministry, 5 Nov. 1952, ibid.; London to Foreign Ministry, 1 Oct. 1954, ibid. Athens to Foreign Ministry, 27 May  ...
Amikam Nachmani, 2005
8
Contemporary Issues in Soviet Foreign Policy
That post had been held for the previous 22 years by a Foreign Ministry official, Andrei Aleksandrov-Agentov (and for a time by another MFA official, Anatolii Blatov), who was transferred to an unspecified diplomatic assignment in December ...
Fleron, Frederic J. Fleron, Jr., Erik P. Hoffmann
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Soviet Foreign Policy
ment of Anatolii Chernyaev, who had been deputy head of the ID, to be a special foreign policy assistant to Gorbachev.33 That post had been held for the previous 22 years by a Foreign Ministry official, Andrei Aleksandrov-Agentov (and for a ...
Erik P. Hoffmann, Robbin Frederick Laird, Frederic J. Fleron
10
Orthodox Christians in the Late Ottoman Empire: A Study of ...
SYS 22/245, 23 Kanun-1 evvel 1326/5 Jan. 1911. IAYE 46/1/2, Constantinople, 8/ 21 Dec. 1910, from Alexandropoulos to the Hellenic Foreign Ministry. IAYE 46/1/2 , Kydonies, 11/24 Dec. 1910, from Koumaris to the Hellenic Foreign Ministry.
Ayse Ozil, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREIGN MINISTRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foreign ministry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nuke deal will encourage Iranian terror, Foreign Ministry chief says …
Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold in Jerusalem, June 1, 2015. ... head of Israel's Foreign Ministry wrote on Friday in the Telegraph. «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
2
Turkish foreign ministry praises cease-fire in Yemen
Turkish foreign ministry praises cease-fire in Yemen. Turkish Foreign Ministry on Friday welcomed the announcement of a humanitarian ... «BGN NEWS, Jul 15»
3
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Remarks on the US …
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Remarks on the US State Department's Statement on Thailand's Deportation of Illegal ... «MFA China, Jul 15»
4
Italy supports Egypt's war on terrorism: Egyptian foreign ministry
In a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni pledged his country's support for Egypt's ... «Ahram Online, Jul 15»
5
J'can pilot still in Qatari prison, says foreign ministry - News …
A day after Foreign Affairs Minister Senator AJ Nicholson drew the ire of many Jamaicans over what was felt were inappropriate remarks ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
6
Foreign ministry stalwart Prince Saud dies -Upstreamonline.com
Prince Saud al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's long-serving former foreign minister and oil industry veteran, has died at the age of 75. There has been ... «Upstream Online, Jul 15»
7
All parties guilty of Srebrenica tragedy must be punished - Russian …
All persons guilty of the tragedy in Srebrenica should be punished as soon as possible, the Russian Foreign Ministry posted a statement ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jul 15»
8
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press …
Q: What is China's comment on the ongoing negotiation on the Iranian nuclear issue? Is China confident about reaching a comprehensive ... «MFA China, Jul 15»
9
Azerbaijani foreign ministry includes some names in list of … - Trend
"The Azerbaijani foreign ministry urges the media representatives not to succumb to provocations and to reject the illegal visits to the occupied ... «Trend News Agency, Jul 15»
10
Turkish foreign ministry denounces attacks against Asian tourists
Home » National » Turkish foreign ministry denounces attacks against Asian ... Turkey's foreign ministry has expressed its disapproval of recent ... «BGN NEWS, Jul 15»

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