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But in that case they would be better reported as " Country X said in official statement " Or "Official Z speaking on behalf of country Y, said"
Right?
If the statement is an official one why does it matter who delivered it?
It's more factually correct and better representative of the situation.
Just because official X said that, does not mean that the whole country is ok with him.
Citzens and politicians should be separated to keep emotions outside of this.
Let me show you two headlines here:
"Russian president declare officially a war on Ukraine"
Or
"Russia declare war on Ukraine"
Which one is more representative and more accurate of the situation?
I think you would understand my point from my example here.
Well Russia is a country. Russians are citizens. There’s a test here whether or not a reasonable person can understand and I would argue that a reasonable person would understand the difference between a country and a citizen of the country.