Ambassador

H.E. Mr. Vahagn AFYAN

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of India

Date and Place of Birth:

1 February 1978, Yerevan, Armenia

Education:

2001-2004 – Master’s degree and Postgraduate classes at the Department of Persian Language and Literature of the Faculty of Literature and Humanitarian Science of Tehran University. As a result of thesis awarded a PhD degree

1994-1999 – Complete five-year course of the Chair of Iranian Studies at the Faculty of Oriental studies of Yerevan State University.

Work Activity:

Since 2024 September - appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, People's Republic of Bangladesh and Nepal (residence: New Delhi)

Since 2023 September - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of India (residence: New Delhi)

2021-2023 – Head of the Bordering Countries Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

2018-2021 – First Secretary, then Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in the Republic of Poland (frequently performed the duties of Chargé d’Affaires and Chargé d’Affaires ad interim)

2015-2018 – Advisor to the External Relations Department of the Office of the President of the Republic of Armenia

2011-2015 – Second, then First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Georgia (frequently performed the duties of Chargé d’Affaires and Chargé d’Affaires ad interim)

2009-2011 – Third Secretary of the Iran Division of the Middle East Countries Department, then Second Secretary of the Iran Division of Bordering Countries Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

2006-2009 – Third Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in the Islamic Republic of Iran

2004-2006 – Assistant, then Attaché and Third Secretary of the Iran Division of the Middle East Countries Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia.

Foreign Languages:

English, Russian, Persian,

Training Courses:

2022 March - July – Turkish language courses, Diplomatic School of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan

2018 February - July – NATO Defense College senior courses, Rome (visits to a number of capitals of the member and partner countries of the North Atlantic Alliance)

2014 September - December – British Council English Courses, Tbilisi

2013 November - 2014 March – Georgian language courses of the Language School of the Training Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Tbilisi

2006 April – Courses in Arab-Islamic Culture at Egypt State University, Cairo

2000 February and October – Persian language and literature courses at the Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan

1997 February - March – Persian Language and Literature courses of the Organization of Culture and Islamic Relations, Tehran.

Other Activities:

2022 May – Secretary of the Armenian-Iranian Intergovernmental joint commission

2016 October – involved as a short-term observer in the Parliamentary elections of Georgia in the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission.

Diplomatic Rank:

2023 January – Diplomatic rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

Author of a number books and publications.

Marital status:

married, with son and daughter

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Dual citizenship

Electronic visa

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