Mustafa Nano: The biggest mistake in my life was becoming an ambassador!

2026-03-24 14:23:44Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Mustafa Nano: The biggest mistake in my life was becoming an ambassador!
Mustafa Nano

Mustafa Nano , invited to the show " The Unexposed " on MCN TV, spoke about his experience as an ambassador in Switzerland , which he described as one of the biggest mistakes in his life. 

Nano said he was not cut out for this profession and that he felt like a prisoner, so he left. He apologized to the people who supported him in this endeavor, however, he said that if he continued he could end up "with Dr. Petrela." 

" I had a stint in the world of journalism. Years ago I had a brief experience as a diplomat, but 1997 happened and diplomacy was very partisan. I decided to leave. It was also my desire to become a journalist. This time I left because journalism was getting to my throat. I said I was reliving the experience I had. It turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes of my life.

I went with the good will to do that job, as long as I could, I did it. I enjoyed it for about nine months. Then at a certain point I found myself in a void, it wasn't for me.

Diplomats are people who have a certain cut, they have the vocation of a state dignitary that I do not have. For 30 years I was a free man, without subordinates, without superiors. There, for the first time, I had superiors, I also had subordinates.

I want to apologize to everyone, not just the authorities who supported my request, because what I did is not a normal thing. It was an event involving many people, the President decreed it, I was on a parliamentary committee, I was surrounded by a lot of kindness. They didn't welcome it, but I apologize to them. The reason is, it wasn't my job, I found myself in a bad place. If I insisted on preserving the honor of my work, I could end up with Dr. Petrela. It was a conflict between the work I was doing and the person.

There were many things, I went with the idea that I would be active as an ambassador, I could write something about the relations between Switzerland and Albania. I thought that I could give an interview, and they have to give permission to the ambassador to do it. If a newspaper wanted an interview, I had to get permission from the ministry.

They weren't afraid that I would step out of line, because I knew this, but they had it as a practice. Even an article that you could publish to defend the honor of the Albanian race, you would get permission. I have never received permission to write.

I remember that a television station wanted an interview about the Ahmetaj case and I didn't see anything wrong with talking about it. I told the journalists okay, I notified the foreign ministry and they said no. I saw myself imprisoned and said, I'm escaping. This is a profession that loves its people, not people like my job or yours.

Those things that are visible from a distance have class, elegance, you can enjoy these, but the people who have a tendency for this, are determined for this, hats off to them. In the embassy today, there are no issues of a political nature.

"It was a wrong decision, it was one of the wrongest in my life. I feel obliged to apologize to the people who were involved in that story. I want the colleagues I had for a year and a half to be people who are career diplomats ," said Nano . 


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