Since a chargé d'affaires presents his or her credentials to the foreign minister rather than the head of state, the appointment of a chargé may avoid a politically sensitive meeting that would imply approval or recognition of that head of state or government.
S obzirom da otpravnik poslova predstavio svoje akreditive ministru inostranih poslova, a ne šefu države, imenovanje „otpravnik poslova” može izbeći politički osetljiv sastanak, koji bi značio priznanje tog šefa države ili vlade.