Seasoned Armenian translator and diplomat Hamlet Gasparyan has passed away.

In 2018, he was appointed an advisor to President Armen Sarkissian of Armenia.

Gasparyan had worked at the Foreign Ministry for many years, and had served as an envoy to France, as well as an ambassador to Romania and Montenegro.

In 2020, Hamlet Gasparyan was awarded the Mkhitar Gosh Medal.