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IRAVUNK: ARMENIA NEVER HAD PROFESSIONAL AMBASSADORS IN GEORGIA, SAYS PARLIAMENT MEMBER
09:33 * 27.06.14
We have never had formally trained professional diplomats in Georgia,
a lawmaker from the country's Armenian-populated region of Javakhk has
said, commenting on the President Serzh Sargsyan's decision to appoint
the ex-minister of sports as Armenia's ambassador to the Georgia.
"Yuri Vardanyan is sports professional, so I think has to study the
aspects of the Armenian-Georgian relations to make his work effective,"
Shirak Torosyan told the paper in an interview.
Asked whether he thinks the appointment will offer any advantages to
the bilateral relations, Torosyan said he expect the success of the
Armenian-Georgian friendship has to depend on the ambassador. "Armenia
has never appointed a professional ambassador to Georgia ever since
gaining independence. Individuals accomplished in different areas have
been appointed but they were never diplomats. So it has become a kind
of tradition. As for the Armenian-Georgian relations, I don't think
they have to be linked to the ambassador's work. The ambassador is
just required to use his potential to better develop those relations,"
he answered.
Armenian News - Tert.am
09:33 * 27.06.14
We have never had formally trained professional diplomats in Georgia,
a lawmaker from the country's Armenian-populated region of Javakhk has
said, commenting on the President Serzh Sargsyan's decision to appoint
the ex-minister of sports as Armenia's ambassador to the Georgia.
"Yuri Vardanyan is sports professional, so I think has to study the
aspects of the Armenian-Georgian relations to make his work effective,"
Shirak Torosyan told the paper in an interview.
Asked whether he thinks the appointment will offer any advantages to
the bilateral relations, Torosyan said he expect the success of the
Armenian-Georgian friendship has to depend on the ambassador. "Armenia
has never appointed a professional ambassador to Georgia ever since
gaining independence. Individuals accomplished in different areas have
been appointed but they were never diplomats. So it has become a kind
of tradition. As for the Armenian-Georgian relations, I don't think
they have to be linked to the ambassador's work. The ambassador is
just required to use his potential to better develop those relations,"
he answered.
Armenian News - Tert.am