Meanings of maintain close in English

Merkel and Cameron agreed to maintain close counter-terrorism cooperation.

The other envoys returned to Sumatra, fully determined to maintain close relations with the republic.

It was difficult to maintain close friendships when you were under suspicion of being a sex-murderer.

Both leaders agreed to maintain close communication and coordination on the Korean peninsula nuclear issue, Xinhua said.

The Cuban troops were withdrawn from Angola in the early 1990s but the two countries maintain close ties.

After the motion passed, the Mexican foreign ministry issued a statement saying it would maintain close contact with the U.S.

While aiming to maintain close ties with NATO and its Western members, Ghani is also looking to bolster alliances in Asia.

That makes it even more important to maintain close ties as Asian clients are often reluctant to pay for M&A advice.

WASHINGTON - The United States congratulated France's Socialist Party and its allies and said it expected to maintain close ties with the new government.

Parliament is deeply divided, with both supporters and opponents of Brexit opposed to May's deal, which seeks to maintain close ties with the EU.

The countess's family is Polish, and although her childhood was spent in Spain, she continues to maintain close links with the country of her forbears.

Morgan has been able to maintain close relations with segregationists & "silent moderates" in the South because he practices the same tolerance he preaches.

Similar communities were founded in Palestine and Babylonia, which maintained close links.

For its part, Beijing maintains close ties with Pakistan, India's historical foe.

Even after moving to Australia in the 1960s he maintained close… Audio

Dentsu also maintains close ties to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.