Definition of foreign ministry in English:
foreign ministry
nounPlural foreign ministries
(in many countries) a government department headed by a minister in charge of relations with other countries.
the Finnish Foreign Ministry
Example sentencesExamples
- The foreign ministry in Paris said that a diplomatic envoy was heading to Baghdad.
- The French Foreign Ministry called these comments "unacceptable."
- He said the foreign ministry would work to form a consensus toward the solution following the elections.
- According to the foreign ministry, about 156,000 Chinese entered Japan in 1999.
- The foreign ministry clarified he was speaking of "possibilities"—not promises.
- This visit was in line with the agreement signed between the respective foreign ministries in Windhoek, January 2000.
- She arrived almost penniless and was lucky to get a secretarial job with the German Foreign Ministry.
- He is director general for US affairs at the foreign ministry.
- Another agreement covers the construction of a building there for their foreign ministry.
- The scholarship program is funded with contributions from the foreign ministry to the international alumni group.