Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the Council of Europe

H.E. Armen Papikyan

Date and Place of Birth

November 22, 1973 in Yerevan, Armenia

Education

2000 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA

1990-1995 Faculty of International Relations (Specialisation in International Relations and History), Gladzor University, Yerevan, Armenia

Fellowship Programmes

2001 NATO Defence College, Italy

1999 George C. Marshall European Centre for Security Studies, Germany

Work Experience

2019 - 2024 Ambassador, Permanente Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the OSCE

2021 Chairman of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation

2019 - 2024 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the UNODC, IAEA, CTBTO, UNIDO, COPUOS and other international organisations in Vienna

2019 - 2024 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Slovak Republic (residence in Vienna)

2019 - 2020 First Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors of the IAEA

2018 - 2024 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Austria

2018 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia (Re-appointed)

2016 - 2018 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

2011 - 2016 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, France)

2016 Chairman of the Rapporteurs Group (Committee) on Programme, Budget and Administration of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

2013 Chairman of the Committee of the Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe

2011 Counsellor, European Department, MFA, Armenia

2007 - 2011 Deputy Chief of Mission, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Armenia to the OSCE

2005 - 2007 Head of Conventional Arms Control Division, Arms Control and International Security Department, MFA, Armenia

2002 - 2005 Second Secretary, Embassy of Armenia in Switzerland (residence in Geneva)

2002 - 2005 Second Secretary, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations Office at Geneva

1999 - 2002 Second Secretary, NATO Division, Arms Control and International Security Department, MFA, Armenia

1997 - 1999 Attaché, then Third Secretary, Bilateral Military Cooperation Division, Military-Political Department, MFA, Armenia

Diplomatic Rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Foreign languages

English, French, Russian

Marital status

Married with 2 children

MFA Armenia
official website

Dual citizenship

Electronic visa

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