ARMENIA HAS ABOUT 40 EMBASSIES, CONSULATES AND DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ABROAD

Noyan Tapan
Sep 6, 2007

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. At present Armenia has about
40 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions abroad. Buildings
of 12 of them are property of the Republic of Armenia, with 7 being
acquired with state budgetary resources of Armenia. 13 buildings have
been provided gratis to Armenia by the Armenian community of the
given country. Another 13 buildings have been leased with RA state
budgetary resources. The Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanian
stated this at the September 6 joint sitting of the RA National
Assembly standing committees.

He said that Armenia should purchase in the shortest possible time
the buildings it uses abroad for diplomatic purposes – with the right
of property. V. Oskanian expressed a hope that it will be done within
the next 4-5 months. It was mentioned that apartments for diplomats
will be purchased abroad in the future.

According to the foreign minister, in 2006, buildings with the right
of property were purchased for the Armenian embassies in Vienna,
Athens and Sofia, while in 2007 – in Warsaw. The sum envisaged by the
2007 state budget for purchasing the Armenian consulate’s building
in Batumi has not been paid yet, and in case of not being used by
late 2007, it will be transferred to the 2008 state budget.