Beyyaa hasn�t made-up his mind!
Allaa Beyyaa notes that at the moment we have no ambassador in our embassy at the United Nations (New York) and none in our embassy in London. Beyyaa has also heard that the Maldivian ambassador in Sri Lanka has been brought back to Male. In that case there�s no ambassador in Colombo also. (Sadly) Maldives has only three embassies in other countries, and it is even sadder when these three embassies are without ambassadors. It is not that we don�t have plenty of capable people, so why are these embassies empty at the moment?
As far as Beyyaa knows, the Maldivian embassy in London has never had a resident ambassador since the establishment of the embassy about five to ten years ago. The Maldivian ambassador or Permanent representative to the UN, Mr. Hussain Shihab was recently brought down from New York and assigned to the post of the Deputy Minster of Foreign Affairs. Since then the top position of Maldives� UN mission has been vacant.
Beyyaa wonder who will fill that position now. Beyyaa believes that there are some very capable diplomats within the present cabinet who could represent Maldives in New York very efficiently. Of course there�s plenty of fresh blood too, who could do the job just as capably. If not for anything else, even for just providing valuable experience, it is important that the top positions of our foreign missions are always filled.
The question that is on the mind of Beyyaa and many average Maldivians is: who will become the next Maldivian ambassador to Sri Lanka. The reason why Beyyaa and many other ordinary citizens care about this is that they travel to Colombo very often and would like to see a caring leader at the top position of the embassy in Colombo. The outgoing ambassador (Azee) was very popular with the Maldivians who travelled to Colombo. He went out of his way to help ordinary Maldivians.
Beyyaa was worried when his friend Dhonrahaa recently told him that the next ambassador to Colombo would be a person who is not particularly liked by ordinary Maldivians. Beyyaa travels to Colombo often and he would like the ambassador there to be approachable and kind hearted � not a ruthless and detached person. Another important point Beyyaa wants to remind is that Colombo is still our diplomatic gateway to the rest of the world and it is very important that our ambassador in Colombo is a respected and liked person who could portray the friendly tradition of the Maldives. Such a person should be �Dhivehi� not just in name but in character as well.
While on the subject of embassies and ambassadors, Beyyaa would also like to add that he dreams of a day when Maldives would have embassies in Malaysia, Geneva and India. Beyyaa believes that, especially after the recent visit of the Indian prime Minister to the Maldives, it is very important that we have an embassy in New Delhi. That would keep us closer to the heart of India, says Beyyaa. Malaysia has vast economic potentials and Beyyaa doesn�t see the office in Singapore doing enough to tap that potential from Malaysia. So Beyyaa would like to see an embassy in Malaysia.
Beyyaa believes that our perspectives and priorities in our foreign policy needs to be reassessed and we need to introduce drastic changes in order to gear ourselves to the reality of the 21st century. Or else we would be doomed to oblivion and mediocrity.
Extracted from Monday Times Archive
As far as Beyyaa knows, the Maldivian embassy in London has never had a resident ambassador since the establishment of the embassy about five to ten years ago. The Maldivian ambassador or Permanent representative to the UN, Mr. Hussain Shihab was recently brought down from New York and assigned to the post of the Deputy Minster of Foreign Affairs. Since then the top position of Maldives� UN mission has been vacant.
Beyyaa wonder who will fill that position now. Beyyaa believes that there are some very capable diplomats within the present cabinet who could represent Maldives in New York very efficiently. Of course there�s plenty of fresh blood too, who could do the job just as capably. If not for anything else, even for just providing valuable experience, it is important that the top positions of our foreign missions are always filled.
The question that is on the mind of Beyyaa and many average Maldivians is: who will become the next Maldivian ambassador to Sri Lanka. The reason why Beyyaa and many other ordinary citizens care about this is that they travel to Colombo very often and would like to see a caring leader at the top position of the embassy in Colombo. The outgoing ambassador (Azee) was very popular with the Maldivians who travelled to Colombo. He went out of his way to help ordinary Maldivians.
Beyyaa was worried when his friend Dhonrahaa recently told him that the next ambassador to Colombo would be a person who is not particularly liked by ordinary Maldivians. Beyyaa travels to Colombo often and he would like the ambassador there to be approachable and kind hearted � not a ruthless and detached person. Another important point Beyyaa wants to remind is that Colombo is still our diplomatic gateway to the rest of the world and it is very important that our ambassador in Colombo is a respected and liked person who could portray the friendly tradition of the Maldives. Such a person should be �Dhivehi� not just in name but in character as well.
While on the subject of embassies and ambassadors, Beyyaa would also like to add that he dreams of a day when Maldives would have embassies in Malaysia, Geneva and India. Beyyaa believes that, especially after the recent visit of the Indian prime Minister to the Maldives, it is very important that we have an embassy in New Delhi. That would keep us closer to the heart of India, says Beyyaa. Malaysia has vast economic potentials and Beyyaa doesn�t see the office in Singapore doing enough to tap that potential from Malaysia. So Beyyaa would like to see an embassy in Malaysia.
Beyyaa believes that our perspectives and priorities in our foreign policy needs to be reassessed and we need to introduce drastic changes in order to gear ourselves to the reality of the 21st century. Or else we would be doomed to oblivion and mediocrity.
Extracted from Monday Times Archive
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