The New Argentine Ambassador to Armenia was Presented to the Community

On Tuesday night the new Argentine Ambassador to Armenia, Dr. Gonzalo Urriolabeitia, was presented to the representatives of the institutions of the Armenian community in the country, along with the Armenian Ambassador to Argentina Alexan Harutiunian and the Consul of the Embassy of Armenia Ester Mkrtumyan.



"Being Ambassador to Armenia is something very special because I will represent not only the Argentine people, but also the Armenians living in Argentina, which are also Argentines," said Urriolabeitia.



The lawyer Gonzalo Urriolabeitia had been appointed by Decree 307/2015, signed by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Hector Timerman. Urriolabeitia was press officer at the Embassy of Brazil between 2002 and 2008, and then worked in the Argentina Foreign Ministry from 2010 in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs. He studied at the Foreign Service Institute of the Nation and became a lawyer at the Catholic University of La Plata.

Fuente: Prensa Armenia