Armenia appoints new envoy to post-Soviet security bloc

YEREVAN, November 22. /TASS/. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree appointing Viktor Biyagov as the country’s Permanent Representative to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The document has been published on the president’s website on Thursday. "Viktor Biyagov is hereby appointed as Armenia’s Permanent Representative to the CSTO based on the prime minister’s proposal," the decree reads. Biyagov earlier served as Head of the Foreign Affairs Department at the Armenian National Assembly. Another presidential decree recalled David Virabyan from his position as Armenia’s CSTO envoy. Read more