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Geneva Issue – the Way Forward
Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Power revolves around in a nation’s foreign policy and how you conduct it with the rest of the world. Nations have given top priority to economic diplomacy and foreign relations and policy is based on your economies and political conduct and how you conduct and manage your economics. They need to verify your balance sheet and any economic benefits one could derive from you. The era is gone when the goodwill is maintained by sipping a glass of wine and socialising with the diplomats. Ambassadors are given result oriented targets to initiate and perform. Ambassadors are front liners representing their country, interests and image giving priority to economics and business based on the concepts of economic diplomacy for which they are adequately paid with all the relevant perks generated by the taxpayers’ money. An Ambassador should be a patient listener, educated, well versed in the country with a versatile knowledge on all the areas of the country they represent. How many of our representatives live up to the expectations is a million dollar issue and it is time at least to learn from our immediate neighbour India on how professionally they conduct the foreign policy and foreign Ministry. In India governments may change –the policy and conduct is not changed.