The word “very” in line 3 is synonymous with extremely.

Text 5 to answer question 37.

1 Modern diplomacy is currently experiencing
fundamental changes at an unprecedented rate, which affect
the very character of diplomacy as we know it. These
4 changes also affect aspects of domestic and international
politics that were once of no great concern to diplomacy.
Technical developments, mainly digitization, affect how the
7 work of the diplomat is understood; the number of domestic
and international actors whose activity implicates (or is a
form of) diplomacy is increasing; the public is more
10 sensitive to foreign policy issues and seeks to influence
diplomacy through social media and other platforms; the
way exchange between states, as well as the interchange
13 between government and other domestic actors, progresses
is influencing diplomacy’s ability to act legitimately and
effectively; and finally, diplomats themselves do not
16 necessarily need the same attributes as they previously did.
These trends, reflecting general societal developments, need
18 to be absorbed by diplomacy as part of state governance.

Stanzel, V. New Realities in Foreign Affairs: Diplomacy in the 21st Century. SWP Research Paper 2018/RP 11, November 2018, with adaptations.