Episcopal leaders say the visit threatens to strain further the already fragile relations between their church and the rest of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

As if our only relation with life was a wholly external and fragile relation with beings about whom we know nothing - or so very little!

The plunder of Ganj-i-sawai caused considerable damage to England's fragile relations with the Mughals.

The Federation had, at best, fragile diplomatic relations with the Romulans.

Government officials said they were confident that the arrest would not affect fragile relations between elected civilian leaders and the military.

It is also not correct to say that the "murders had struck at the core of the United States' fragile relations with Pakistan."

In December 2010, in an attempt to further mend fragile relations, Cameron proposed a state visit to Pakistan after seeing off troops in Afghanistan.

King Hussein's endorsement of the conference was believed to have further impaired his fragile relations with Western powers and pro-Western Arab states.

Kosovo's declaration of independence has planted the seeds of hatred between Serbs and Kosovo Albanians, endangering their fragile relations.

President Clinton has termed the trial an irritant in the fragile relations between Iran and the United States.