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    ARMENIA APPOINTS RUSSIA-BASED MILLIONAIRE AS AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ

    EurasiaNet
    Sept 8 2010
    NY

    Taking up a cushy ambassadorial position may be a worthwhile career
    change for an accomplished businessman. But how advisable is it if it
    involves moving from Moscow to Baghdad? Especially amidst warnings
    that Iraq's security situation may further deteriorate as the US
    wraps up its campaign there?

    Russia-based millionaire Murad Muradian, who was appointed yesterday
    as Armenia's first-ever ambassador to Iraq, appears to have no qualms.

    Muradian's appointment left Armenian media guessing why the
    construction tycoon would trade the comforts that Moscow offers the
    rich for the prospect of proving his mettle in a city ranked as the
    most dangerous in the world. Muradian has made no public comment yet.

    Armenia's first diplomatic mission in Iraq opened and closed in
    2003 ahead of the US-led invasion. Before the invasion, up to 25,000
    ethnic Armenians are reported to have lived in Iraq, but many left
    the country during the war.




    From: A. Papazian
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