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Madeleine Albright: “I have felt it is a mistake always to cutoff relations with a country or not have that conversation, because that is…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
I have felt it is a mistake always to cutoff relations with a country or not have that conversation, because that is what diplomacy is about.
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Madeleine Albright

Editor's note · Context

Stresses the necessity of maintaining diplomatic conversations even with disagreeable countries.

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