Tigran Balayan

One of the most remarkable days and defining achievements of my nearly 30-year diplomatic career. The 🇦🇲–🇪🇺 partnership has reached a historic milestone—and we move forward with renewed momentum. Delighted to see our sustained and collective efforts delivering tangible results.

🇦🇲✨ Brussels, get ready to experience Armenia. Join us on 31 May for the Armenian Fair in vibrant @Ixelles_Elsene — a day filled with Armenian culture, gastronomy, wine, music, dance, crafts and warm hospitality. 🍷🎶 Come celebrate the friendship between 🇦🇲 & 🇧🇪🇪🇺, discover the colors, flavors and spirit of Armenia!

🇪🇺🇦🇲 Major opportunity for 🇪🇺 & 🇦🇲 businesses: the EU has launched a Call for Expressions of Interest for strategic investments in Armenia under the #GlobalGateway initiative. Priority sectors include: ⚡️ Energy & Green Transition 🚛 Transport & Logistics 💻 Digital & Innovation 🏥 Health 🎓 Education & Research 🏭 Advanced Manufacturing 🌾 Agriculture & Agri-food eeas.europa.eu/delegations/ar…

📢On May 26, 🇺🇸@SecRubio will visit 🇦🇲. A meeting w/FM @AraratMirzoyan is scheduled, followed by press statements. ✍🏻Signing of bilateral documents is also included in the agenda.

📷📷 TUMO’s international expansion reached #Belgium with the launch of TUMO Liège - bringing one of Armenia’s most successful educational initiatives to the heart of #Liège. On May 21, Gohar Abajyan, CEO of Enterprise Armenia, attended the inauguration ceremony alongside Deputy Prime Minister of Wallonia Pierre-Yves Jeholet, Ambassador of Armenia to Belgium Tigran Balayan, and representatives of the Belgian technology and business community. TUMO continues to grow as one of Armenia’s most internationally recognized success stories, showcasing the country’s strong focus on #education, #technology and talent development.

🍷🍇 Joyful celebration of friendship & wine culture at the closing ceremony of @concoursmondial #CMB2026 in #Armenia. Great success of 🇦🇲 & its millennia old winemaking traditions. Grateful to @Vine & Wine foundation's CEO Zara Muradyan & her incredible team for their leadership, consistency in putting on the World's Wine Map. 👏

Il naît dans un hôpital pour indigents du 6e arrondissement de Paris. Ses parents attendent un visa pour l'Amérique. Le visa n'arrivera jamais. 22 mai 1924. Le garçon vient au monde dans une famille d'immigrés arméniens. Son père, ancien baryton, est le fils d'un cuisinier du Tsar. Sa mère a fui le génocide depuis la Turquie. Ils ouvrent un petit restaurant rue de Seine où le père chante pour les exilés d'Europe centrale. Les recettes ne couvrent jamais les dépenses. Le gamin monte sur scène à 9 ans. Auditions, petits rôles au théâtre, figuration au cinéma. Pas de diplôme. 1m63. On lui dit que sa voix est cassée, trop grave, trop rauque. Pendant vingt ans, tous les directeurs de salle le refusent. En 1946, une femme le remarque. Édith Piaf. Elle l'embarque en tournée, d'abord comme chauffeur et secrétaire. C'est en l'écoutant écrire des chansons dans la voiture entre deux concerts qu'elle comprend ce qu'il vaut. Il écrit pour elle, pour Bécaud, pour tout le monde sauf pour lui. Il faudra attendre 1956 pour que la scène française accepte enfin de l'écouter. Ensuite, plus personne ne l'a arrêté. 1 200 chansons en huit langues. 180 millions de disques. Soixante films. Ambassadeur d'Arménie. Héros national arménien. Il a chanté jusqu'à la veille de sa mort, à 94 ans. Charles Aznavour. Né il y a 102 ans jour pour jour. Dans un hôpital pour indigents. D'une famille qui attendait un visa qui n'est jamais arrivé. La Bohème, c'est lui.

💻🌐Un moment inspirant réunissant innovation, éducation, jeunesse et ambition commune 🇦🇲🇧🇪- ouverture @tumocenter - Liège! Heureux d’y participer aux côtés du Vice-PM de la #Wallonie @PYJeholet, PDG d'@ea_armenia Gohar Abajyan, et des dirigeants de grandes entreprises 🇧🇪. L’aventure TUMO continue de bâtir des ponts et d’ouvrir de nouveaux horizons!

🇦🇲🍷 Armenia is hosting the 🌐 largest and most prestigious wine tasting competition, #ConcoursMondialdeBruxelles, on 19–23 May. Around 400 international wine experts, sommeliers & buyers are gathering in 🇦🇲to taste nearly 8,000 wines from 65 countries.

One of the World’s Premier Wine Destinations Opens Its Doors for the 10th Anniversary of Yerevan Wine Days On June 5-7, heart of #Yerevan will be reclaimed by pedestrians for 3-day festival that evolved into city’s modern cultural signature. #YerevanWineDays2026 #YereWine10

Thank you, Ambassador 🇦🇲OLAF looks forward to strengthening cooperation with Armenia's anti-fraud and investigative community 🤝 an important step in our shared fight against fraud 🇪🇺🇦🇲

Delighted to reconnect with Petr Klement in his new role of Director General of @EUAntiFraud & discuss avenues of institutionalising ties with 🇦🇲 investigative, anti-fraud Agencies in line with 🇦🇲🇪🇺 Strategic Agenda and Building upon results of #ArmeniaEUSummit.

The number of payroll employees in Armenia has increased across all sectors over the year, with one exception.

Armenia’s turn towards Europe ceps.eu/the-eu-must-do…

🇦🇲#Armenia to send humanitarian aid to 🇱🇧#Lebanon armenpress.am/en/article/125…

🇪🇺🤝🇦🇲#EuropeanUnion launches a call to boost strategic investments and further deepens its partnership with #Armenia enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-launch…

🇦🇲🇪🇺 Brussels reiterates support for Armenia’s #EU integration efforts @MartaKosEU armenpress.am/en/article/124…

Historic moment at the #EuropeDay celebration at the @eu_eeas for the first time Armenian music was performed as part of the official programme. Special thanks to talented musicians Nare Khoreni and Andranik Muradyan for beautifully representing Armenia’s rich cultural heritage at the heart of #Europe.

On 7 May, HoM @s_koivu hosted the President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, @PeterDeRoover1 during a patrol with EUMA monitors. 🤝 Mr. De Roover expressed his appreciation for the important work carried out by EUMA and thanked HoM, the 🇧🇪 contingent, and all Mission members for their dedicated service and commitment. Currently, 5⃣ Belgians are deployed to EUMA.🇪🇺🇦🇲 @BelgiumArmenia

Dit seizoen van hooggeplaatste bezoeken uit 🇧🇪werd afgesloten met het productieve bezoek van een langdurige vriend van 🇦🇲, @PeterDeRoover1 , voorzitter van @DeKamerBE. La saison de visites de haut fonctionnaire 🇧🇪, s’est conclue par la visite productive d’un ami de longue date de l'🇦🇲, @PeterDeRoover1, président de @LaChambreBE.