After several years as ambassador, Armen was appointed prime minister of Armenia in 1996. Once the communist regime collapsed in 1991 and Armenia became independent, the country’s first elected president asked Armen – by then a prominent academic – to open an embassy in London, and by 1992 Nouneh and the boys had joined him there. Holiday hotspot Other than my beautiful Armenia, I love Sardinia, which has the clearest water, and Japan, where the minimalist art and culture appeals to me. 13:50, 5 August, 2020. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 'We weren’t rich but we were educated, with enough money to feed and clothe ourselves. The comments below have not been moderated. Armen was wowed by her father’s book collection and asked to borrow a volume of poetry, ‘which was against the rules, as my father hated loaning his books’. 'When I push too much, he says, ‘You find me a woman then. By Charlotte Pearson Methven For You Magazine, Published: 00:02 BST, 16 October 2016 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 16 October 2016, Writer and ambassador’s wife NOUNEH SARKISSIAN’s life in privileged Chelsea is a far cry from her upbringing in Soviet Armenia. This is the third time you have come back to us.” I admire Her Majesty so much. Ambassador’s wife NOUNEH SARKISSIAN’s life in privileged Chelsea is a far cry from her upbringing in Soviet Armenia. ‘She said, “Armen, you are the champion of all ambassadors. Turkish aggressive policy backfires as Europe, Arab countries form anti-Erdogan axis – According to unconfirmed media reports, another Deputy Chief of Police, Tigran Yesayan, is also sacked. It was right after Hayk’s birth, so that was difficult. ‘I miss the less formal relationship between people in Armenia – the way you can just ring someone’s doorbell, have a coffee, empty your concerns and come home feeling better. We don’t consider our Linley collection to be furniture. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has submitted a recommendation to President Armen Sarkissian requesting him to dismiss Deputy Chief of Police of Armenia Hayk Mhryan, Sarkissian’s aide Hasmik Poghosyan told ARMENPRESS. Moscow only allowed me to visit him for one month in April 1985. They would pay me some roubles, which I then gave to my mother, who needed them. ‘The prince and my husband share a passion for preserving heritage,’ explains Nouneh. Go-to designer Jun Ashida, who has stores in Tokyo and Paris. Reading John le Carré’s A Delicate Truth. ‘He is my first and my only,’ she smiles. Nouneh’s husband Armen – an astrophysicist and former prime minister of Armenia – is now serving his third stint as Armenian ambassador in the UK. To order a copy for £10 (a 20 per cent discount) until 30 October, visit, Charlotte Pearson Methven For You Magazine. Art and culture have retained a major influence on Nouneh. 'If my life was ever frustrating, I tried not to show it. ‘I was given children’s books to read on air. ‘Savannah has such an imagination. We did Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw plays – in English, because learning English was a big part of a communist education back then – and I always landed the main parts. 841 Followers, 734 Following, 64 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Hayk Sarkissian (@haykie) We like his style. EXCLUSIVE: Legendary maestro Krzysztof Penderecki sits down with ARMENPRESS, 17:36, 10.17.2020 After soldier's decapitation in Karabakh by Azeri army, Iran decries “Takfiri” style beheading, 22:23, 10.17.2020 It wasn’t a bad childhood and I knew no different.’, Nouneh does, however, recall some sinister moments. ‘I fell in love with London. (She has written ten in Armenian and three in Russian.) The fear was everywhere – that’s how the regime lasted so long. She and Armen met at school in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia (then communist, and a part of the Soviet Union since 1922), when she was 14 and he was 15.

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