Another function is that of intelligence gathering, where ambassadors collect information about the host state, its conditions, developments and policies, and report them directly to the home government. ... An obvious purpose for diplomacy is the representation of the sending state in the receiving state. The setting up of an embassy and sending diplomats to a host state gives the sending state the ability to protect its interests in the former. ... Issues are debated and voted on the basis of sovereign equality, providing smaller states with a forum for conducting diplomacy with countr...

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