good offices

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"Switzerland continues to stand ready to offer its good offices, that's a permanent offer," Johannes Matyassy, deputy head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, told journalists during a press conference.

From Reuters • Aug. 20, 2021

Dujarric said the secretary-general also wants the Venezuelan people to understand “that his good offices remain available should both sides request them.”

From Fox News • Apr. 30, 2019

For his good offices, Kennedy asked to be named ambassador to the Court of St. James’s. Roosevelt reportedly laughed at the thought: No one was less diplomatic than Joe Kennedy.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2016

The mullahs would count on the good offices of Commission representatives from Iran’s commercial partners in Europe, Russia and China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2016

“You have presumed upon my good offices and then deceived me. Now, I am going to have you arrested.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela