He graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Yerevan State University and was awarded a Master's degree in the field of Arabic Language and Literature in 1986.
In 1993 he took part in the specially designed Intensive Political Science Course at Haigazian University in Beirut (Lebanon).
In 1994, he received the Certificate for successfully completing the Diplomats Course at the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh and Oxford (United Kingdom).
Author of seven books and more than 30 articles on international relations and geopolitics of the Middle East and South Caucasus, as well as the textbook "New and Modern History of Arab Countries" for university students.
"Արաբական երկրների նոր և նորագույն պատմություն" Yerevan, YSU Publishing House).