 Armenia appoints new ambassadors to France, Israel March 31, 2018 - 16:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan has appointed Hasmik Tolmajyan and Armen Smbatyan as Armenia’s ambassadors to France and Israel, respectively. Tolmajyan was previously the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Armenia to the Swiss Confederation, while Smbatian served as an advisor to the president. He previously was Armenia’s ambassador to Russia and held the post of the General Director of Interstate Foundation for Humanitarian Cooperation of CIS member states in the past years. Vigen Chitechyan and Armen Melkonyan, meanwhile, were relieved of the posts as ambassadors in the same countries.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
