Arrival in the country... First Years Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Seen by a Diplomat's Spouse Arrival in the Country... Tirst Years In the Spring of 1994 we arrived in the Arabian Peninsula. My husband Elman Arasli was appointed extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador representing the Azerbaijan Republic at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We had to establish the first embassy for our newly independent state in this country. To tell the truth, I was not at all willing to travel to any place, as this meant parting again with the children and leaving home. After living abroad for a long time one would prefer to finally settle down at home. At this time, my husband had spent about twenty years in the diplomatic service in the Arab countries. However, I realized that we had to travel for many reasons, or at least for two main reasons. On the one hand, my husband could not imagine himself isolated from active work under the uncertain conditions of that period of time. He was always ready to serve the state that was being born before all to see. On the other hand, and I say this without affected modesty, the new State was in need of specialists of this