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
