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Nice analysis. One way to look how at how a particular country is diplomatically important for other country is to look at what kind of postings do the diplomats get after being posted in that particular country. Former Indian envoy to China amb. Misri taking over as deputy NSA & former Chinese envoy to India & Pakistan amb. Weidong taking over as vice foreign minister in China ( just below the foreign minister who was Chinese envoy to the US) says something about the diplomatic importance that India & China give to each other. I’m not reading to much into the outgoing UK high commissioner being posted to Spain.
Anatoly Dobrynin was Soviet Ambassador to the United States from 1962 to 1986.
Nice analysis. One way to look how at how a particular country is diplomatically important for other country is to look at what kind of postings do the diplomats get after being posted in that particular country. Former Indian envoy to China amb. Misri taking over as deputy NSA & former Chinese envoy to India & Pakistan amb. Weidong taking over as vice foreign minister in China ( just below the foreign minister who was Chinese envoy to the US) says something about the diplomatic importance that India & China give to each other. I’m not reading to much into the outgoing UK high commissioner being posted to Spain.