NAIRI PETROSSIAN ASSUMES OBLIGATIONS OF SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

National Assembly of RA
April 2 2009
Armenia

Since April 1 2009, Mr. Nairi Petrossian has been appointed
Spokesperson for the President of the National Assembly of the Republic
of Armenia.

Since 1997 he had been with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Armenia: in the divisions of Turkey (1997-1998), Media
Relations (1998-2000) and South Caucasus (2000-2001). 2001-2002 he
had assumed obligations of the Head of the U.S. and Canada division,
and 2003-2004 – Head of Media Relations Division. 2004-2007 he had
been posted to the Armenian Permanent Representation to OSCE. After
completing his mission he was employed by the OSCE Secretariat as
Conference Officer of the decision-making bodies and Head of the
Meetings Assistance Unit.

Mr Nairi Petrossian, 33, majored in Turkish Studies and graduated
from the Department of Turkish Studies of Faculty of Oriental Studies
of the Yerevan State University in 1998. He is also an alumnus of
the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (1999)
and of the Senior Course at the NATO Defense College in Rome (2003).