President Sarkissian signs decree on bestowing diplomatic ranks

President Sarkissian signs decree on bestowing diplomatic ranks

13:25, 2 March, 2019

YEREVAN, MARCH 2, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian signed a decree on bestowing diplomatic ranks on the Diplomat’s Day, his Office told Armenpress.

According to the Presidential decree, the following diplomats have been bestowed with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary:

Dzyunik Aghajanyan – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Indonesia

Grigor Arakelyan – advisor to the foreign minister

Gagik Ghalachyan – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kazakhstan

Samvel Mkrtchyan – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Poland

Armen Bayburdyan – Consul General of Armenia to Los Angeles

According to the Presidential decree, the following diplomats have been bestowed with the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary:

Tigran Gevorgyan – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Syria

Hasmik Dashtoyan – Head of the Second Division for Bilateral Relations at the European Department of the Foreign ministry

Lilit Tutkhalyan – advisor at the European Department of the Foreign ministry

Mher K. Mkrtumyan – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the UAE

Hasmik Sahakyan – Head of the Migration Division at the Consular Department of the Foreign ministry

Armen Sargsyan – Consul General of Armenia in Aleppo

Karine Sujayan – Head of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues Division at the Department of International Organizations of the Foreign ministry

Hrachya Poladyan – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Iraq

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan