Böcker av Elvira Arasli

Arrival in the country... First YearsKingdom of Saudi ArabiaSeen by a Diplomat's SpouseArrival in the Country... Tirst YearsIn the Spring of 1994 we arrived in the ArabianPeninsula. My husband Elman Arasli was appointedextraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador representingthe Azerbaijan Republic at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.We had to establish the first embassy for our newlyindependent state in this country.To tell the truth, I was not at all willing to travel toany place, as this meant parting again with the childrenand leaving home. After living abroad for a long time onewould prefer to finally settle down at home.At this time, my husband had spent about twenty yearsin the diplomatic service in the Arab countries. However, Irealized that we had to travel for many reasons, or at leastfor two main reasons. On the one hand, my husband couldnot imagine himself isolated from active work under theuncertain conditions of that period of time. He was alwaysready to serve the state that was being born before all tosee. On the other hand, and I say this without affectedmodesty, the new State was in need of specialists of this