DIPLOMATIC SCHOOL AT ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY HOLDS FIRST ENTRANCE EXAMS
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
14.12.2009 14:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia held
Saturday the first entrance exams to its Diplomatic School. 138
applicants who passed the first stage of the competition took part
in the exams.
Welcoming entrants, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian emphasized
that establishment of a diplomatic school is an important event for
the young Armenian diplomatic service. "The fact that we can organize
training of diplomatic personnel proves the political, diplomatic
and administrative capacity of the country," he said.
Students of the Diplomatic School will learn in detail the main trends
of Armenia’s foreign policy, fundamental provisions of international
relations and international law, activities of international and
regional organizations, negotiating skills and peculiarities of work
in diplomatic missions.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Armenian ambassadors
abroad, foreign ambassadors accredited to RA will give lectures in
the Diplomatic School. Foreign ministers and senior diplomats visiting
Armenia will be invited to the School to meet with students.
Agreements have been reached with Diplomatic Academies in Rome,
Moscow, Tokyo, Vienna, Tallinn and several other capitals, press
office of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.