Tigran Gevorgyan is the new Armenian Ambassador to Syria, replacing Arshak Poladyan who had been serving as Armenia’s Ambassador to Syria and Jordan. (No reason for Poladyan’s recall was given.)
Catholicos Garegin II met with Pope Francis today at the Vatican and the two church leaders discussed problems now facing Christian communities in the Middle East and the rights of Christian churches in Jerusalem.
Today’s meeting between Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and visiting U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton took place in “a very positive climate”, this according to an Armenian government press release.
The Armenian government has closed a trade school for juvenile offenders has been operating in the Abovyan Correctional Facility since 1997.