Ambassador's skills --- In addition to a thorough knowledge of their own country and the country of their assignment, an Ambassador should have communication skills, capabilities for collecting information and negotiating, one of the main tasks Ambassadors must develop and also, if necessary, learning new languages can be helpful to get more confidence from different local actors with whom he will have to be permanently in touch.

Source author: Cecilia Treemonisha Barros Ruiz cbarros@sre.gob.mx