Regional experts say Namibian diplomats play an important role when it comes to trade and investment, and as such it is critical that they be conversant in Namibia’s trade and investment issues. In an interview with NBC News on the sidelines of the Conference on the Review of Foreign Policy underway in Windhoek, the Executive Director of the regional capacity-building organisation,Trade Law Center, Trudi Hartzenberg said diplomatic missions were important in representing the brand that Namibia would like to present to the world and also for leveraging opportunities for trade and investment.