foreign minister
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of foreign minister
First recorded in 1700–10
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Its foreign minister Mohamad Hasan has ruled out lodging a formal diplomatic protest with Indonesia or taking legal action, saying such actions "would mean we were prepared to sever relations".
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
He said an Iranian delegation led by a deputy foreign minister had traveled to Qatar for the talks, but no direct meeting with U.S. officials was planned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
During a trip to India last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar about boosting refined-product exports, according to people close to the two governments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
"And after all, Rubio did meet the foreign minister in Mumbai."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
On August 23, 1939, Soviet Premier Vyacheslav Molotov, the same official who’d hosted the Rodina’s crew at his summer house, signed a treaty with Germany’s foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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