French Ambassador to Albania Elisabeth Barsacq said in an interview with the television EuroNews Albania the foreign ambassadors should not interfere in the internal affairs of the country.

“We shouldn’t have to make decisions on behalf of Albanians”, Ambassador Barsacq said in response to a question about the role the foreign ambassadors should play.

“There are two things that act simultaneously: the intervention of foreigners, which is encouraged by the desire to give a new country the confirmation they are on the right track, and then, on the other hand, there’s the criticism that follows this intervention. I am extremely cautious and we should never have to decide on behalf of Albanian people”, Barsacq said.

She added the foreign diplomats should serve their own country which they represent while working in a foreign country, and that they should act more like advisors, which is the true core of their mission.

“We shouldn’t forget that even though a diplomat can speak the language of a country very well and know its history or get very informed, they will always be on the surface of that country’s reality, even though we diligently try to get a deeper and more profound understanding, we will never have all the keys that would allow us to have a full grasp of things. This should never be forgotten, along with the Vienna Convention, of course”.