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Armen Grigoryan appointed as first deputy foreign minister of Armenia

14.07.2021, 10:34
Armenia’s Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a decision on July 13 dismissing Armen Grigoryan as Secretary of the Security Council.
Armen Grigoryan appointed as first deputy foreign minister of Armenia

YEREVAN, July 14. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a decision on July 13 dismissing Armen Grigoryan as Secretary of the Security Council.

By another decision, signed July 14, Armen Grigoryan was appointed as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Armenia’s latest Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan resigned on May 31. He was followed by three of his four deputies - Avet Adonts, Artak Apitonyan and Gagik Ghalachyan.

Speaking at a farewell meeting with the ministry’s staff, Ayvazyan said he resigned because he thought that Armenian diplomats must not implement policies jeopardizing Armenia’s sovereignty and national security.

According to some local mass media outlets, Armen Grigoryan was to be appointed as new Foreign Minister. Earlier in June, Grigoryan accused former Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan of torpedoing security issues and, in particular, the return of Armenian captives held in Azerbaijan. -0-