overture
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It's also part of Lee's diplomatic overtures to regional powers including Japan, with whom South Korea has a fraught history but shares a security alliance.
From BBC
But overtures by Pretoria and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit in May to the White House, with a delegation that included famous white South African golf players, failed to mend fences.
From BBC
After the war, Washington again explored buying the island, but Denmark rebuffed the overtures.
Warner again recommended its shareholders disregard Paramount’s overtures.
From Los Angeles Times
Hargeisa has also turned down all economic and diplomatic overtures from Moscow.
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