There used to be a time, not so long ago when those deployed abroad to serve Botswana’s foreign policy were totally vital for the operations of the state, especially the presidency.
A president would not leave for the United Nations without several rounds of briefings from the ambassador in New York.
That was when a president would not go for meetings in China without the ambassador in Beijing first flying back home to help the president prepare for the meetings.
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