Compare Obama’s message to the Azeri dictator with Coleiro Preca’s
Published:
June 3, 2015 at 10:19am
Barack Obama, as US head of state, congratulates Azerbaijan’s head of state (it’s a diplomatic formality) but his message emphasises democracy and liberty, and other issues, while still using diplomatic language throughout.
Our head of state’s letter of congratulations uses non-diplomatic language, has a servile tone, and emphasises oil and gas with no reference to Malta’s status in the democratic world to which Azerbaijan’s long-suffering people do not yet belong.
