On July 2, RoA President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree appointing Ruben Karapetyan Armenia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Italy. An earlier presidential decree released him from his duties as the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Arab Republic of Egypt. According to another presidential decree, Armen Melkonyan was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Arab Republic of Egypt.