  Ararat Mirzoyan appointed Armenian Foreign Minister August 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 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. |
