Yerevan /Mediamax/. Based on the Prime Minister’s proposal, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has signed a decree appointing Ara Ayvazyan Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.

Ayvazyan was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister on 14 October 2020.

He was born on March 30, 1969 in Yerevan. In 1993, he graduated from the Arabic studies department of YSU Faculty of Oriental Studies. Ara Ayvazyan has been working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1994.

Ayvazyan served as the Ambassador of Armenia to Mexico in 2016-2020 and the Ambassador of Armenia to Lithuania in 2011-2016.

He has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Ara Ayvazyan is married and has one son.