Sarkissian appoints protocol chief to serve as advisor

YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, ARMENPRESS. President Armen Sarkissian has appointed his protocol chief Armen Gichyan to serve as his advisor, the Sarkissian Administration said in a news release.

It wasn’t immediately clear who will succeed Gichyan as head of the protocol service of the presidential administration.

Gichyan is a longtime protocol executive and served in the same position even during the Serzh Sargsyan Administration.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan