Armenian president names new envoy to USA – full version

Mediamax news agency
19 Mar 05

YEREVAN

Armenian President Robert Kocharyan has signed a decree appointing
Tatul Markaryan to the post of Armenian ambassador to the USA, the
press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Mediamax news
agency today.

Tatul Markaryan is 41. He was born in Kapan. In 1985, Markaryan
graduated from the Yerevan Institute of Economics, did his
postgraduate study in 1989 and received a PhD in economics. Markaryan
also studied at the faculty of international research of the John
Hopkins University (Washington, USA) and received a master’s degree in
international relations.

In 1990-91, Markaryan was an assistant to the deputy chairman of the
Armenian Supreme Soviet. In 1991-94, he was an assistant to the
Armenian vice-president and at the same time, head of the Armenian
prime minister’s staff.

In 1994-98, he worked as an adviser at the Armenian embassy in the USA
and as a deputy head of the diplomatic mission.

In January 1999, Tatul Markaryan was appointed adviser to the Armenian
foreign minister and in June 2000, a deputy foreign minister.

Markaryan was a special representative of the Armenian president in
the negotiations on the settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict
in 2002-2003.