I totally agree ... --- ... and would like to add also that they are decision makers when it comes to progressing objectives of the country's economic diplomacy (ED). Take the scenario of a Misison, for example, the Head of Mission (HoM) - whilst a facilitator of economic diplomacy - can also have the mandate from Capital to approve the Mission's tactics/strategies that achieve the objectives of ED. Thus, I would imagine that the EC objectives are part of a wider foreign policy (FP) which the HoM is mandated to implement at the mission's level.

Source author: David Ateti Teaabo david.teaabo@gmail.com