Vahagn Melikyan appointed as deputy minister of Diaspora

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Armenian prime minister Hovik Abrahamyan appointed on Thursday Vahagn Melikyan as deputy minister of Diaspora, the government press service said.

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YEREVAN, March 5. / ARKA /. Armenian prime minister Hovik Abrahamyan appointed on Thursday Vahagn Melikyan as deputy minister of Diaspora, the government press service said.

It said Vahagn Melikyan is a career diplomat who previously served as Armenian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay. -0-

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