... and redundancy of bureaucratic institutions gave the MFA a role into foreign policy formulation and development. The number of countries embracing the concept of MFA as becoming greater over the centuries, coming on its highest point after the end of the second world war, when the majority of the worlds countries had a ministry of foreign affairs for the conduct of their international diplomatic relations. The contemporary functions of the MFA are as mentioned above not very different of its primal doctrine. The functions of staffing and supporting missions abroad, maintain communications and keeping up to date missions, are basically the same, demand of new functions in the course of time was created, adding the policy advice and implementation as well as policy coordination functions. This essay will focus on these two functions of foreign policy implementation and especially in its task on foreign policy co-ordination. Forming and advising on ...

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