President Serzh Sargsyan granted diplomatic ranks of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

According to President Serzh Sargsyan's decree, diplomatic ranks of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary were granted to the Head of the Foreign Relatons Department of the President's Staff Artak Apitonyan, Armenia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Iran Garnik Badalyan, Armenia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkmenistan Vladimir Badalyan, Head of the Armenian Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Armenia's Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister to Iraq Ruben Kharazyan, Armenian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India Ara Hakobyan, Adviser to RA Foreign Minister, acting Head of the CIS Department Armen Ghevondyan, Armenia's Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary to Georgia Hovhannes Manukyan.