(n.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic.
(n.) A senator; a counselor.
(n.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul.
(n.) An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Diplomatic posts also bypassed the media and took the message directly to the public; for example, the Hong Kong consulate sent DVDs of a pro-biotech presentation to every high school.
(2) After two bodyguards of British ambassador Dominic Asquith were wounded in a rocket attack on the UK consulate, London closed its mission down.
(3) Later this week, Mr Bush will visit Pakistan, where a bomb killed a diplomat at the US consulate in Karachi today.
(4) Ukraine will do everything it can to free these unjustly accused people,” said Vitaly Moskalenko, Ukraine’s consul general in Rostov-on-Don, who was present at the Sentsov hearing.
(5) In recent days, protests in Istanbul against Russian involvement in Syria and Aleppo, including a demonstration in front of the Russian consulate on the city’s famed İstiklal Avenue, have occurred on a regular basis.
(6) Ten days after the consulate was stormed, thousands of Benghazi residents, some carrying American flags and placards mourning Stevens, stormed the base of Sharia, setting it ablaze.
(7) Conflicting evidence It took four weeks for the FBI to travel to the Benghazi consulate site.
(8) Attaullah Khyogani, the spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, said another seven people were injured in the attack, which began when a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the consulate and ended with a gun battle between Afghan security forces and the militants.
(9) In 2004, the United Nations' International Court of Justice ruled that the US had breached its obligations under the Vienna Convention by failing to inform Mexican consulates immediately after the arrests of around 50 Mexican nationals, including Tamayo.
(10) A US official also said that a Libyan militia, formed during the revolution, came to the defence of the consulate.
(11) Kazimierz Karasinski has been honorary consul of the UK in Krakow for 16 years, helping British citizens in sticky situations.
(12) The arrest of Devyani Khobragade, the Indian deputy consul general in the US, and her subsequent strip-search has led to a fierce row , threatening to further complicate already testy relations between the two nations.
(13) In cities with high demand for Turkish visas, such as Beirut, waiting periods for appointments at the Turkish consulate can last as long as nine months.
(14) Rubinstein said the decision to close the embassy, as well as honorary consulates in Troy, Michigan, and Houston, Texas, was “in consideration of the atrocities the Assad regime has committed against the Syrian people”.
(15) A retired man became irate as he detailed why he couldn’t stand her: her handling of the attack against the US consulate in Benghazi , her email scandal , her cosy ties to Wall Street.
(16) Emails between the deputy Consul in Yemen and Washington State Department staff at the time reveal the US authorities’ real attitude to Sharif.
(17) "In 2010, Warrap was hit harder than most by internal communal violence," Barrie Walkley, the US Consul-General in Southern Sudan, told IRIN at the inauguration.
(18) Rice does say there was a "spontaneous protest" outside the Benghazi consulate but says that after that, "extremist elements" later arrived with heavy weaponry, which led to the violence that followed.
(19) Several waved placards and the Chinese flag and shouted "Defend the Diaoyu Islands" outside the Japanese consulate general in southern Guangzhou, Xinhua said.
(20) The British Foreign Office has not reached firm decisions on its response, but it is understood to be considering the fullest range of options, including the recall of its ambassador Matthew Gould and consul-general Vincent Fean for further discussions.
Consular
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.
Example Sentences:
(1) We are in contact with the local authorities and are providing consular assistance to the British national."
(2) "We are providing consular support to his family at this tragic time, and we ask that the media respect the privacy of those grieving."
(3) High-end estate agents are already being sounded out to sell the 10,000 square foot consular residence in London's upscale Holland Park – which is currently being renovated.
(4) He continued: “The Foreign Office is urgently deploying additional consular response teams from London and Delhi to reinforce our embassy staff and looking at what else we can do.” The prime minister, David Cameron , announced on Twitter that UK medics and search and rescue teams would be flying out to Nepal tonight.
(5) An MoD spokesman said: “As the FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) has made clear, the UK Government will provide assisted departure for a number of UK nationals before suspending consular operations on Monday.
(6) I don’t think the [UK] government has been protecting us; they have provided consular assistance and they have expressed concerns, and the ambassador has been to visit Gabriella to check she is OK, but in terms of criticising her treatment and saying it’s abuse, they’ve never said that this does not meet the minimum legal standards, that it’s not a fair trial.
(7) And while court proceedings on Friday were ostensibly open to the public, authorities only allowed family members and consular officials inside the courthouse.
(8) The Syrian ambassador left Washington over a year ago, leaving behind a slimmed-down staff to continue some consular operations, such as provision of visas.
(9) DFAT is also providing consular assistance to an injured Australian man accompanying the woman.
(10) Concerns that the Eritrean embassy in London is using coercion or illicit means to collect the tax – such as refusing diaspora members basic consular services if they fail to pay it – have led the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to raise the matter with the Eritrean authorities on at least four occasions over the past four years.
(11) Carlton Benson, a consular officer at the US embassy in Yemen , described Mobley’s conditions delicately in an email sent to his family.
(12) You will all have a TV in your home and more consular services, all over Ukraine, but especially in Sevastopol.” The crowd cheered and clapped, Harriet reports, chanting “Russia, Russia, Russia.” Updated at 3.30pm GMT 2.57pm GMT A Reuters journalist has witnessed a tense stand off between at least 20 men wearing the uniform of Russia’s Black Sea fleet and carrying automatic rifles and Ukrainian border guards near Sevastopol.
(13) At no stage during his detention did the Australian government receive any request from the individual or his family to extended consular support.
(14) She says Dfat is working through its embassy in Seoul and is in contact with Swedish authorities, who handle Australia’s consular interests in North Korea, to confirm Short’s well-being.
(15) His lawyers argue that the 46-year-old did not receive a fair trial because he was denied prompt consular assistance, in violation of the Vienna Convention.
(16) The Libyan intelligence officers repeatedly telephoned him, claiming to be consular officials, and he eventually agreed to meet them at the Landmark hotel in Marylebone, London, on 2 September 2006.
(17) When a UK Foreign Office consular official visited CF a month after his detention, he recorded that marks, apparently from handcuffs, were visible on CF's wrists.
(18) The International Court of Justice ruled in 2004, in what is often called the Avena decision, that about 50 Mexicans on death row in the US, including Tamayo, had not been properly informed of their consular rights.
(19) A spokesman said: "Given the unstable and unpredictable situation in Mali and the continuing lack of constitutional rule, the UK has decided to temporarily withdraw its staff from its embassy in Bamako and temporarily suspend all in-country services immediately, including consular assistance.
(20) Consular officials and Minister Dion have met with Dr Hoodfar’s family, and remain in close contact with them,” a spokesperson said.