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diplomatic bag

n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a container or bag in which official mail is sent, free from customs inspection, to and from an embassy or consulate
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Commercial counselor Korea required legible copies of the documents through diplomatic bag. The requisite record/ information was sent to the Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad through FBR's office Memorandum No.2(10)IC/2004 dated 31.10.2018 for onward submission to Commercial counselor, Korea through diplomatic bag.
The Mirror previously revealed it is thought the novichok may have been brought here using a diplomatic bag. A GRU spy attached to the Russian embassy may have then passed it on.
The Prosecutor General accused Ghaly, along with another diplomat, of illegally smuggling 195 artefacts, and 21,660 coins, which were not documented at the ministry of antiquities, in a diplomatic bag which was caught at Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport in May 2017.
An intelligence source said: "The novichok will have been brought in by diplomatic bag because that carries the least risk as it won't be searched.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh had said earlier this week that an extradition request for Modi "has been sent by a Special Diplomatic Bag to the High Commission of India (HCI), London, for onward transmission to the UK authorities".
The request has been sent by a special diplomatic bag for onward transmission to the UK authorities.
'I sent him a letter in the diplomatic bag when I was posted abroad.
A letter requesting Ransley's extradition will soon be sent to the UK authorities via the diplomatic bag of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
When the vibrator arrived in a diplomatic bag, a Gurkha aide of the King of Nepal insisted on delivering it to the Princess's equerry, Captain Ed Musto, just before a press reception in honour of the visit at the British ambassador's official residence.
Officials from the ministries of culture and external affairs watched as museum officials snipped open a sealed canvas diplomatic bag of the MEA, flipped open a steel attache case inside and took out 14 packages.
Mr Reed promised to relay his offer to his superiors in London, although Mr Volkov insisted that it should be sent by diplomatic bag - even though he knew it would take several days - as he said the Russians were able to read Britain's secret telegrams.