Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Arrival in the country... First Years

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Seen by a Diplomat's Spouse

Arrival in the Country... Tirst Years

In the Spring of 1994 we arrived in the Arabian

Peninsula. My husband Elman Arasli was appointed

extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador representing

the Azerbaijan Republic at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

We had to establish the first embassy for our newly

independent state in this country.

To tell the truth, I was not at all willing to travel to

any place, as this meant parting again with the children

and leaving home. After living abroad for a long time one

would prefer to finally settle down at home.

At this time, my husband had spent about twenty years

in the diplomatic service in the Arab countries. However, I

realized that we had to travel for many reasons, or at least

for two main reasons. On the one hand, my husband could

not imagine himself isolated from active work under the

uncertain conditions of that period of time. He was always

ready to serve the state that was being born before all to

see. On the other hand, and I say this without affected

modesty, the new State was in need of specialists of this