14 Facts About Zohrab Mnatsakanyan

Zohrab Hrachiki Mnatsakanyan is an Armenian diplomat.

In 1990, at the age of about twenty-four, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan graduated from the Faculty of International Business Relations of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan started his diplomatic career in 1991 as a Third then Second Secretary in the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan actively participated in the preparations for the signing of the partnership and Co-operation Agreement between Armenia and the European Union in 1996.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan was engaged in the preparations for the first EU-Armenia Co-operation Council meeting in 1999.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan was member of the Armenian delegation to the Council of Europe Summit in 1998 dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Organisation, and subsequently member of the delegation of Armenia headed by the President of the country for the ceremony of accession of Armenia to the Council of Europe in 2001.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan actively participated in multilateral negotiations leading to the creation of the Human Rights Council.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan had served as the Vice-Chair of the Durban Review Conference on Racism and Chair of the Working Group for the Outcome document of the Conference.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan headed Armenia's delegation during the preparatory processes for the two World Summits on Information Society, in Geneva in 2003 and in Tunis in 2005.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan was Armenia's Chief Negotiator for an EU-Armenia Association Agreement.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan was actively engaged in the complex multilateral negotiations leading to the adoption in 2015 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan is closely familiar with and has adequate experience in working within regional processes in Eurasia.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan appeared on major international news networks, including CNN with Christian Amanpour, BBC World News, BBC World Service, BBC HardTalk with Stephen Sackur, France24, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle Conflict Zone with Sarah Kelly, etc.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.