Copyright protection in Pakistan is a major economic, political and diplomatic issue.

But spending American money on projects like sewage treatment plants in another country is a sticky diplomatic and political issue.

It has had little success influencing its neighbors on diplomatic or human rights issues.

Receiving information concerning intelligence matters, diplomatic issues, military and security operations.

There are diplomatic and political issues that make it necessary for me to stand over your shoulders from here on in.

Like you said, that makes it a diplomatic issue.

Eventually he resigned his see to devote himself to these diplomatic issues.

This is a diplomatic issue and one that must be raised urgently.

We also managed to resolve certain delicate and difficult diplomatic issues.

"That would be a real diplomatic issue if they boarded the plane," said a Pentagon official.