Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 77 ease tensions 62 defuse 54 mediate 54 normalize relations 53 tensions 51 mend fences 50 rapprochement 49 tamp down 49 frictions 48 escalating tensions 47 fence mending 47 quell 46 envoys 45 conciliatory 45 heightened tension 45 allay 44 mollify 44 diplomatic 43 reconciliatory 43 heightened tensions 43 diplomatic spat 42 allay concerns 42 destabilize 42 bilateral ties 42 mediating 42 pacify 41 deflect criticism 41 placate 41 stabilize 41 avert 41 rifts 41 resolve 40 allay fears 40 bilateral relations 40 detente 40 sectarian tensions 40 assuage 40 normalizing relations 39 shuttle diplomacy 39 foment 39 nuclear negotiator 39 reconcile 39 territorial dispute 39 President Hu Jintao 39 amity 39 mediators 39 diplomatic ties 39 soothe 39 rift 38 Tensions 38 burnish 38 joint communique 38 revive 38 territorial disputes 38 provoke 38 special envoy 38 tension 38 disputed islands 38 defusing 38 diplomacy 38 normalize 37 tame inflation 37 increasingly assertive 37 Koreas 37 Kouchner 37 Prime Minister Atal Behari 37 peacemaker 37 bolster 37 Mideast envoy George 37 Hu Jintao 37 Premier Wen Jiabao 37 constructive 37 ethnic tensions 37 appease 37 envoy 37 reinvigorate 37 Jiabao 37 reassure 37 reconciliation 36 mend 36 nuclear ambitions 36 thaw 36 forestall 36 Gambari 36 dialogue 36 Ban Ki moon 36 deadlock 36 warring parties 36 re ignite 36 Li Zhaoxing 36 Yang Jiechi 36 bloodshed 36 prod 36 trilateral 36 coordinate 36 Envoys 36 sectarian tension 36 chief Javier Solana 36 rein 36 Foreign Ministers 36 inflame