On December 16, the RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan awarded the Dean of YSU Faculty of Oriental Studies Gurgen Melikyan the NA Medal of Honour for his contribution to the sphere of education on the 25th anniversary of the RA Independence and 80th birth anniversary.
The NA Speaker congratulated Gurgen Melikyan, highly assessing his patriotic, human and professional features and added that he, as a patriot, with different initiatives always stands next to the people of Artsakh and the army. Galust Sahakyan considered invaluable Mr Melikyan's role in the establishment of the faculty.