Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called his profession ancient and told about the necessary qualities of the diplomat. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
The head of the Foreign Ministry said that a good diplomat should have the same qualities as the person of any modern profession related to the “awareness of international processes” and the country’s place in them. He added that in the current “globalized” world, all areas of activity became cross-border.
“It is diplomacy that is an oldest profession, and not something else, because for the rest, for any contact between people, it is necessary to negotiate,” the Lavrov concluded. During the transfer of the qualities of a professional in the field of diplomacy, he called the erudition and knowledge of at least two foreign languages. The minister also noted the need to “listen and hear the interlocutor, to be able to argue his point of view and not lose self-respect in any situations.”
The joke about the oldest profession has already sounded from the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry. In June 2017, the Minister spoke on this topic during a conversation with students in Kaliningrad. “I, by the way, is ready to defend the point of view that the wrong profession is incorrectly, which was the oldest (usually they say about prostitution – approx.” Tape.ru “), because the oldest profession is still diplomacy. Because you must first agree first. “,” said Lavrov.