Guests of ANN/Groong

Tatul Manaseryan

Dr. Tatul Manaseryan, is an economist and academic, as well as a national and state actor in Armenia. Dr. Manaseryan is an MP from the 3rd convocation of the national assembly (2003-2007). He appears regularly in the media and speaks on economic matters.

Tevan Poghosyan

Tevan Poghosyan is president of the International Center for Human Development. Mr. Poghosyan was an MP in the National Assembly between 2012 and 2017 from the Heritage party. From 1997 to 1999 he served as the Nagorno-Karabakh Public Affairs Office Director in Washington, D.C.

Ulvi Ismayil

Ulvi Ismayil is a historian and researcher, based in Washington, D.C. and originally from Baku. He works with international development organizations such as UNHCR and USAID and has been involved in Azerbaijan-Armenian peace-making multilateral projects since 2004. He has written on the subject and has even developed his own peace proposal. Ulvi was a co-author of a joint petition drafted in 2014 calling the sides to observe peace along the line of contact.

Vahagn Melikian

Mr. Vahagn Melikian is a diplomat who has served Armenia through the ranks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Melikian was Armenia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to many South American and Gulf State countries. From 2015 to 2018 he was the deputy minister of DIaspora Affairs, and from 2018 to 2021 he was the secretary general of the ministry of foreign affairs.

Vahram Ter-Matevosyan

Prof. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan is an associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science and International Affairs Program at AUA. His research interests focus on Turkish politics, Kemalism, Political Islam & Security in the South Caucasus

Vardan Aramyan

Vardan Aramyan is a former Minister of Finance of the Republic of Armenia, serving from 2016-2018. He is currently Senior VP of Finance and Economy at Vallex Group in Yerevan.

Vartan Oskanian

Mr. Vartan Oskanian was the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Armenia from 1998 to 2008.

Varuzhan Geghamyan

Prof. Varuzhan Geghamyan is assistant professor at Yerevan State University’s Department of Oriental Studies, teaching courses on Turkey’s modern history, History of Azerbaijan; Sociocultural anthropology of Azerbaijan; Political ideologies and parties in Modern Turkey & History of the Turkish Republic.

Virginia Davies

Entrepreneur and lawyer Virginia Davies is the New York-based founding president of Save Armenian Monuments.

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