Today newly appointed RA Ambassador to Russia Oleg Yesayan presented his credentials to RF President Dmitry Medvedev.

The ceremony took place in the Big Kremlin Palace in Moscow.

Ten Ambassadors from Austria, Zambia, Jordan, Lesotho, Malawi, Monaco, Niger, Oman, Tonga and Fiji Islands also presented their credentials to RF President.

January 21, 2010 under RA President’s decree, Oleg Yesayan was designated for the post of RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia (residence-Moscow).

RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on the removal of Armen Smbatian from the position of RA Ambassador to Russia. Smbatian was elected to Executive Director of CIS Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation.

A.G.