Armen Bayburdyan has been appointed as the new Consul General in Los Angeles, the United States, press department at the foreign ministry reported. The relevant decree was signed today by Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.

To note, Bayburdyan was Armenia’s first Consul General in Los Angeles from 1995 until 1997 and later as its first Ambassador to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Indonesia from 2000 until 2004. He also worked as Deputy Permanent Representative of Armenia to the UN in New York where he focused on international security and conflict resolution issues.

He twice served as the Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister between 1997 and 2000 and from 2004 until 2008 with portfolios in international organizations, America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and legal issues.