What is an ambassador?
Q: What is an ambassador?
A: An ambassador is a person sent by the government of a country to a different country to represent their country officially.
Q: What is the role of an ambassador?
A: An ambassador speaks to officials of the other country about any problems and issues between the two countries.
Q: How did communication between countries work in the past?
A: In the past, communication between countries could take days or weeks, and it was necessary to have a person in each foreign capital to have meetings and make negotiations between countries.
Q: Is communication still slow between countries?
A: No. Nowadays, communication is much faster, and often governments can be in direct contact with each other.
Q: Is the role of ambassadors still necessary?
A: Yes. Although communication is much faster, many problems still need person-to-person meetings, so ambassadors are still needed.
Q: Where does an ambassador live in a foreign country?
A: An ambassador lives in an embassy in the foreign country.
Q: What is diplomatic immunity?
A: Diplomatic immunity is a legal protection that the ambassador and many embassy officials have. They cannot be arrested or prosecuted in the foreign country, and the only possibility is to send them back to their own country.
