But Blair did keep him informed about "the progress of the diplomatic route".

Brown says he justified the decision on the basis that it was his judgment that the diplomatic route had become "exhausted".

Wang chose what was obviously the diplomatic route.

"And if he's gone, get His Excellency Li to my office, by the most diplomatic route possible, hear me?"

Instead, she takes the diplomatic route of letting her judiciously chosen facts speak for themselves.

Not to downplay your concerns, Isaac, but we've hardly exhausted the diplomatic route.

He hoped he could persuade them to change their minds and took the diplomatic route.

The judge's questions were relayed to Kissinger via diplomatic routes but were not answered.

However, we believe that the diplomatic route is the only viable one in that region.

We can only hope to find a solution to the conflict by keeping the diplomatic route open.