Ambassador

H.E. Varuzhan Nersesyan

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Date and Place of Birth

31 August 1973, Yerevan, Armenia

Education

2007- 2009 - Global Master of Arts Program, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston, United States, MA

1996–1998 – Masters in Public Administration, The Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

1991–1996 – Master of Arts on International Relations, Diplomacy and International Law, Yerevan State University, Armenia

Certificate programs

2005 – International Visitor Leadership Program on Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, US Department of State, Washington DC

2004 – Course on Conventional Arms Control and the OSCE Vienna Document 1999, Stockholm

1999 – Vienna Diplomatic Academy, Special Course for Diplomats from NIS Countries, Vienna

1999 – Advanced Course on the Management and Politics of European Integration, British Know How Foundation, Program of Diplomatic Studies, Brussels (1999)

Working Experience

16 July 2021 - Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United Kingdom

November 2018 – July 2021 - Ambassador of Armenia to the United States of America

April–November 2018 - Assistant to the Prime-Minister of the Republic of Armenia

January 2012- April 2018 - Assistant to the President of the Republic of Armenia. Responsible for international affairs and matters related to the National Security Council;

April 2008 - December 2012 - Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia, Washington DC

July 2006 - March 2008 - Head of the External Relations Department, National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

April 2005-July 2006 - Head of the OSCE Division, European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

February 2003-March 2005 - Head of the Conventional Arms Control Division, Arms Control and International Security Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

February 2000-January 2003 - Deputy Head of Mission, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the OSCE, Vienna, Austria

April 1999-January 2000 - OSCE Desk Officer, Department of European Structure. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

February 1998-April 1999 - Third Secretary, OSCE and UN desk Department of International Organizations Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

June 1997-January 1998 - Attaché Department of Arms Control and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

Languages

Armenian (native), English (fluent). Russian (fluent)

Diplomatic Rank

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Honours

Medal of "Mkhitar Gosh" by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia

(March 1, 2016)

Marital status

Married with 3 children

MFA RA
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Dual citizenship

Electronic visa

Visa applications