Canadian PM Harper Appoints New Ambassadors

CANADIAN PM HARPER APPOINTS NEW AMBASSADORS

Embassy Magazine, Canada
June 21 2006

In what is the largest appointment of heads of missions since the
Conservative government came to power in January, Prime Minister
Stephen Harper selected 26 new ambassadors to serve in destinations
around the world. Most of the new ambassadors are career foreign
service officers with years of experience behind them. Here are the
names of the new envoys and the destinations they will be heading to.

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Libya

Haig Sarafian takes over from David Viveash as Ambassador to Libya. A
career diplomat, over the past 22 years Mr. Sarafian has worked in
Lima, Baghdad, Sao Paulo, Tunis, Damascus and Paris. He served as
Ambassador to Lebanon from 1998 to 2002. He has worked extensively on
Middle Eastern issues and was director general of the International
Trade Centre in Montreal from 1990 to 1993.

Russia

Ralph Lysyshyn succeeds Christopher Westdal as Ambassador to Russia
and Armenia. Mr. Lysyshyn has served in Lagos, Moscow, Washington
and Brussels and was Minister Counsellor at the Canadian Mission to
NATO from 1990 to 1994. He has also worked on arms control issues
and served as Ambassador to Poland Belarus from 2002 to 2005.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS