Karen Mirzoyan
Karen Mirzoyan | |
|---|---|
| Կարեն Միրզոյան | |
 Mirzoyan in 2013 | |
| Foreign Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh | |
| In office 22 September 2012 – 25 September 2017 | |
| President | Bako Sahakyan |
| Prime Minister | Arayik Harutyunyan |
| Preceded by | Vasily Atajanyan (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Masis Mayilyan |
Karen Mirzoyan (Armenian: Կարեն Միրզոյան) is a diplomat of Armenia and previously of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh. From September 2012 until September 2017 he served as the Republic's Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1]
Career
Foreign minister
On June 6, 2013, Mirzoyan was interviewed by France24,[2] and on July 24, 2014 Mirzoyan was interviewed by the European Times.[3]
In September 2014, Mirzoyan led a diplomatic mission to the Basque Parliament.[1] Mirzoyan met with Bakartxo Tejeria Otermin—speaker of the Basque Parliament. He also toured Guernica. The Basque Parliament and the Nagorno-Karabakh's legislature passed reciprocal motions recognizing one another's right to national autonomy.[1]
Remaining Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), in March 2017, he visited Greece as part of an event hosted by the Armenian National Committee of Greece.[4]
In September 2017, Karen Mirzoyan was succeeded as Foreign Minister of the Artsakh Republic by Masis Mayilyan.[5]
Ambassador-at-large
On June 28, 2019, he was appointed Ambassador-at-Large by Nikol Pashinyan.[6]
On November 16, 2020, during the political crisis created by the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, he resigned from his post.[7]
See also
- List of foreign ministers in 2017
- List of current foreign ministers
- Foreign relations of Nagorno-Karabakh
References
- ^ a b c "NKR Foreign Minister met with the Chairman of Basque Parliament". Armenian Radio. 2014-09-13. Archived from the original on 2014-09-15.
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Douglas Herbert (2013-06-13). "The Interview: Karen Mirzoyan, Nagorno-Karabakh's Foreign Policy Chief". France24. Archived from the original on 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
Douglas Herbert asks Nagorno-Karabakh's Foreign Policy Chief whether he fears more fighting to come.
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"Nagorno-Karabakh is where Europe begins: Karen Mirzoyan gave interview to The European Times". Armenpress. 2014-07-30. Archived from the original on 2014-09-15.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is working hard at promoting an international recognition of the country's independence, peaceful settlement of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, attracting the foreign investments to the NKR economy, as well as promoting along with the strengthening of Armenia-Diaspora cooperation.
- ^ "Artsakh Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan Visits Greece", The Armenian Weekly, March 14, 2017, retrieved April 3, 2017
- ^ "Masis Mayilyan appointed Artsakh Foreign Minister". mediamax. Yerevan. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ PM appoints Karen Mirzoyan Ambassador-at-Large Armenpress, 28 June 2019
- ^ Special envoy Karen Mirzoyan files resignation application Aysor, 16 November 2020