20 Sep
2024
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ABCMEDIA
1st Armenian ambassador to Saudi Arabia appointed

1st Armenian ambassador to Saudi Arabia appointed

Karen Grigoryan, Armenian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, was also appointed Armenian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

It is the first time that an Armenian ambassador to Saudi Arabia has been appointed.

Karen Grigoryan graduated from the Department of Arabic Studies of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, of YSU.

He completed military service in the USSR. He was the third secretary of the RA Consulate General in Syria, then the adviser of the embassy and the general consul of the Republic of Armenia in Aleppo. Grigoryan was the Armenian ambassador to Iraq.

Since 2022, he has been the Armenian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. He is married, and has a daughter and a son.