chargé d'affaires

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Recent Examples of chargé d'affaires Speaking in Warsaw, Sikorski confirmed that the Russian charge d'affaires was summoned to receive a formal protest note, though the diplomat refused to acknowledge the drones as Russian. Amanda Castro shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Poland summoned the Russian charge d'affaires to demand an explanation after one such incident in December 2023. David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025 Elizabeth Rood, the charge d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, is also in attendance at court, CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen reported. Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 1 July 2022 Earlier in the day, Kuwait followed Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by ordering the Lebanese charge d'affaires Saturday to leave the emirate within two days. The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2021 Daniel Smith to lead the US Embassy in New Delhi as the new charge d'affaires. Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 7 May 2021 In Bum Chun; Andrei Lankov, director, NK News, professor, Kookmin University; Evans J.R. Revere, former deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires, U.S. Embassy, Seoul. Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2021
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Noun
  • Into that vacuum stepped Delcy Rodríguez, the country’s vice president, former foreign minister and a central figure in the regime’s inner family circle.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Denmark’s defense minister and Greenland’s foreign minister are expected to meet NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Brussels on Monday, a meeting that was planned before the latest escalation.
    Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Those competing interpretations of Saudi intent are now colliding most visibly in Yemen, where the Saudi-Emirati alliance originally formed to counter Iran’s Houthi proxy.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Ellison said Paramount would nominate its own slate of directors, waging a proxy fight against its larger rival.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Losing support for Ukraine over 10% or 15% tariffs last year perhaps wasn’t worth it, the diplomat said.
    Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he had been invited and that his diplomats were working on it.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi.
    Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025
  • According to Reforma, Rocha, a Mexican businessman who also serves as a consul of Guatemala in Mexico, is considered by FRG to be an alleged leader of a criminal organization that smuggles fuel in boats through the Usumacinta River and then in trucks to Querétaro, Mexico.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025

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“Chargé d'affaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charg%C3%A9%20d%27affaires. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.

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