Deputy FM Aivazyan appointed Armenian foreign minister - presidential decree

YEREVAN. Nov 18 (Interfax) - Ara Aivazyan has been appointed Armenian foreign minister.

"Ara Aivazyan shall be appointed Armenian foreign minister on the basis of a suggestion from the Armenian prime minister," a decree of Armenian President Armen Sarkissian reads.

Aivazyan previously held the post of deputy foreign minister.