The first examination for applicants to the Diplomatic School of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been held in Yerevan. The press service of the RA Foreign Office told NEWS.am that the 138 applicants passed the first examination. Addressing the applicants, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said that “the opening of the diplomatic school is an important event for Armenia’s young diplomatic service.”

Among the lecturers are RA deputy foreign ministers, Armenian ambassadors, as well as foreign ambassadors to Armenia. The Foreign Ministers of other states and high-ranking diplomats will deliver lectures as well.

Relevant agreements with the European Union, OSCE, as well as with diplomatic academies in Rome, Moscow, Tokyo, Vienna, Tallinn have been reached.

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