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HRAPARAK: ARMENIA'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO FACE MAJOR CHANGES
10:44 06.08.13
The paper says it has learned from Foreign Ministry sources that big
reforms are being planned in the diplomatic corps.
Mutual and active ties can hardly be a justification behind having
an Armenian embassy to Indonesia, the paper says, adding that people
familiar with delicate diplomatic matters explain the fact by the
personal ambitions and desires of certain figures representing the
wealthy class. Citing a source of the Foreign Ministry, the paper
says that only the diplomatic missions to the former Soviet republic
will remain unaffected by the expected changes. As for the embassies
accredited to European states, they are in store of big reshufflings,
adds the paper.
Armenian Ambassador to US Tatul Margaryan, who is reportedly the
brother of Armen Movsisyan, the energy minister, is going to be
replaced after eight years of service, says the paper.
"The Law on Diplomatic Service does not allow ambassadors to serve
endlessly in the same mission so they are replaced according to
the rotation principle and returned to their home country. It is
a different matter that the rule does not apply to everybody and
in any period. Margaryan has apparently surpassed all the limits so
he is now forced to return," the paper says, noting that that before
being appointed an ambassador, the diplomat served as a deputy foreign
minister for about five years.
Armenian News - Tert.am
10:44 06.08.13
The paper says it has learned from Foreign Ministry sources that big
reforms are being planned in the diplomatic corps.
Mutual and active ties can hardly be a justification behind having
an Armenian embassy to Indonesia, the paper says, adding that people
familiar with delicate diplomatic matters explain the fact by the
personal ambitions and desires of certain figures representing the
wealthy class. Citing a source of the Foreign Ministry, the paper
says that only the diplomatic missions to the former Soviet republic
will remain unaffected by the expected changes. As for the embassies
accredited to European states, they are in store of big reshufflings,
adds the paper.
Armenian Ambassador to US Tatul Margaryan, who is reportedly the
brother of Armen Movsisyan, the energy minister, is going to be
replaced after eight years of service, says the paper.
"The Law on Diplomatic Service does not allow ambassadors to serve
endlessly in the same mission so they are replaced according to
the rotation principle and returned to their home country. It is
a different matter that the rule does not apply to everybody and
in any period. Margaryan has apparently surpassed all the limits so
he is now forced to return," the paper says, noting that that before
being appointed an ambassador, the diplomat served as a deputy foreign
minister for about five years.
Armenian News - Tert.am