On the occasion of Minister Nalbandian’s appointment, His Holiness, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, Archbishop Pargev Martirosian, Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and Ashot Ghulian, Speaker of the National Assembly of Nagorno Karabakh sent congratulation letters to him.

Foreign Ministers of other countries also congratulated the newly-appointed Minister. Among them are Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Manoucher Mottaki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Dora Bakoyannis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, and Georgi Petrosyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno Karabakh.

Nikolay Bordyuza, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Hrair Hovnanian, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Armenian Assembly of America, Hilda Choboyan, Head of the Hay Dat European Office and Keovchian, and Alexis Govciyan, Head of the Council of Coordination of Armenian-French Organizations, also congratulated Minister Nalbandian.