The issue is on the agenda, but it’s still being considered, and there will be an announcement after clarification. This is what leader of the My Step faction of the National Assembly of Armenia Lilit Makunts told RFE/RL, touching upon the news circulating in the presses in regard to her appointment as Ambassador to the United States of America.
Asked if she has the relevant experience as a diplomat, even though she is fluent in English, Makunts said the following: “Like all countries, the appointments of Armenia’s ambassadors are diplomatic and political. There is no restriction for a political appointment. As far as my experience is concerned, I believe it has been public within the circles of parliamentary diplomacy. Experience is extremely important, but it doesn’t play the primary role in certain cases.”
In regard to this, Armenian News-NEWS.am also asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia for a commentary, and the Armenian MFA responded by saying that it doesn’t comment on the appointment and recall of ambassadors, if there is no presidential order by which ambassadors are appointed or recalled.
Former Ambassador of Armenia to the Vatican Mikayel Minasyan had reported the news about the appointment of Lilit Makunts as Ambassador of Armenia to the United States of America.