If professional diplomats can't find common ground, then what hope is there for the rest of us?

"He is a chameleon who speaks everybody's language, like a professional diplomat."

Mattheson's chief occupation from 1706 was as a professional diplomat.

But public diplomacy is much too important to leave to professional diplomats.

After 1945 he became one of the most influential German professional diplomats.

The professional diplomats were on the job, and the Enterprise was free to move on.

He had spent his adult life as a professional diplomat.

She comes to the job with a reputation as a highly regarded professional diplomat.

He has a good staff, he's a very senior professional diplomat.

She is an experienced, widely respected professional diplomat, and chose her words with care.