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Tigran K. Balayan
Education
1994 - 1999: Yerevan state university, Armenia, Faculty of International Relations, Honour Diploma, historian – specialist of international relations
1999 - 2002: Yerevan state university, Armenia, Post-Graduate Student of the Chair of International Relations and Diplomacy, Ph.D. in History (Topic of the dissertation: Karabakh problem and International Diplomacy in 1991-1994)
2000 - 2002: The DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Moscow, Faculty of International Relations, Honour Diploma, specialist of international relations
Academic Degree
Candidate thesis: “Nagorno-Karabakh problem and international diplomacy in 1991 - 1994, Yerevan 2004
Professional experience
1997 - 2000: Permanent Representation Office of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in Armenia, Assistant to the Permanent Representative, responsible for Public Relations
2000 - 2002: Embassy of the republic of armenia in russian federation, Assistant to the Head of the Political section
2002 - 2004: Lecturer at Armenian – Russian (slavonic) univesrity (NK issue, International Law)
2002 - 2003: MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, Attaché of the Department of Information and Public Affairs
2003 - 2004: MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, Attaché of the Department of Arms Control and International Security, NATO Division
2004 - 2006: EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA TO KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, Third Secretary
2006 - 2007: EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA TO KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, Second Secretary
2007 - 2008: MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, Acting Head of the Media Relations Division of Press and Information Department
September 2007 up to present: Lecturer at the faculty of international relations, Yerevan State university
(Multilateral Diplomacy, Modern Security Systems)
June 2008 up to present: Spokesperson of MFA
Academic courses
Multilateral diplomacy, Contemporary systems of international security
Scale of professional interests
Diplomatic history of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, international law
Languages
Armenian, Russian, English, French.
1994 - 1999: Yerevan state university, Armenia, Faculty of International Relations, Honour Diploma, historian – specialist of international relations
1999 - 2002: Yerevan state university, Armenia, Post-Graduate Student of the Chair of International Relations and Diplomacy, Ph.D. in History (Topic of the dissertation: Karabakh problem and International Diplomacy in 1991-1994)
2000 - 2002: The DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Moscow, Faculty of International Relations, Honour Diploma, specialist of international relations
Academic Degree
Candidate thesis: “Nagorno-Karabakh problem and international diplomacy in 1991 - 1994, Yerevan 2004
Professional experience
1997 - 2000: Permanent Representation Office of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in Armenia, Assistant to the Permanent Representative, responsible for Public Relations
2000 - 2002: Embassy of the republic of armenia in russian federation, Assistant to the Head of the Political section
2002 - 2004: Lecturer at Armenian – Russian (slavonic) univesrity (NK issue, International Law)
2002 - 2003: MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, Attaché of the Department of Information and Public Affairs
2003 - 2004: MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, Attaché of the Department of Arms Control and International Security, NATO Division
2004 - 2006: EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA TO KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, Third Secretary
2006 - 2007: EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA TO KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, Second Secretary
2007 - 2008: MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, Acting Head of the Media Relations Division of Press and Information Department
September 2007 up to present: Lecturer at the faculty of international relations, Yerevan State university
(Multilateral Diplomacy, Modern Security Systems)
June 2008 up to present: Spokesperson of MFA
Academic courses
Multilateral diplomacy, Contemporary systems of international security
Scale of professional interests
Diplomatic history of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, international law
Languages
Armenian, Russian, English, French.
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