diplomatic protest
Official state objection
A diplomatic protest is a formal objection by one government to another's actions or policies, delivered through official channels.
It signals disapproval without severing relations or escalating to more serious measures: The ambassador lodged a diplomatic protest over the detained journalists.
Such protests range from mild expressions of concern to strongly worded condemnations, often involving the summoning of ambassadors or expulsion of diplomats.
- demarcheDiplomatic initiative or protest
- summonCall to appear
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- recallMemory retrieval act
envoy · note · lodge a complaint · condemnation · objection · rebuke · sanctions · foreign ministry · foreign affairs · indignation · sovereignty · incident · formal · grievance · tensions · escalation · statement · outrage
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- International CrisesCuban Missile Crisis, Iran hostage crisis, hostage crisis, Suez Crisis, Bay of Pigs
- diplomatic immunityinviolability, extraterritoriality, persona non grata, expulsion
diplomatic protestdeclaration of war
Formal announcement of hostilities
military action · act of war · invasion · economic sanctions · blockade
diplomatic protestturning a blind eye
Intentionally disregarding something obvious
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