Ararat Mirzoyan appointed Armenian Foreign MinisterAugust 19, 2021 - 12:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former President of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan has been appointed the Foreign Minister of Armenia, according to a decree signed by President Armen Sarkissian. Mirzoyan was elected the speaker of parliament in January 2019. A founding member of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party, Mirzoyan also briefly served as the First Deputy Prime Minister in 2018. Armen Grigoryan, meanwhile, who was recently appointed a Deputy Foreign Minister and served as acting Foreign Minister, was relieved of his post and reappointed as the Secretary of the country’s Security Council. The post of the Foreign Minister has been vacant since late May, when Ara Aivazian resigned from the position, in the aftermath of the 44-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |