Ara Ayvazyan named Armenia's new Foreign Minister

Ara Ayvazyan named Armenia's new Foreign Minister

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Armen Sarkissian on Wednesday, November 18 approved Ara Ayvazyan in the post of the country's Foreign Minister.

Ayvazyan was earlier relieved of the post of the Deputy Foreign Minister.

Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan resigned earlier, as did a handful of other politicians and lawmakers, amid political turmoil that has been brewing in the country ever since the announcement of a statement to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev have signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Karabakh (Artsakh) President Arayik Harutyunyan has said he has agreed to the deal signed by Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan.

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