Karen Mirzoyan

Karen Mirzoyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 September 2012
Prime Minister	Arayik Harutyunyan
Preceded by	Vasily Atajanyan (Acting)
Personal details
Political party	Free Motherland

Karen Mirzoyan is a citizen of Nagorno Karabakh. In September 2012 he became the Republic's Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[1]

On June 6, 2013, Mirzoyan was interviewed by France24.^[2]

On July 24, 2014 Mirzoyan was interviewed by European Times in 2014.^[3]

In Spetemer 2014 Mirzoyan lead 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]

References

1. "NKR Foreign Minister met with the Chairman of Basque Parliament". Armenian Radio. 2014-09-13. Archived from the original on 2014-09-15.
2. Douglas Herbert (2013-06-13). "The Interview: Karen Mirzoyan, Nagorno-Karabakh's Foreign Policy Chief". France24. Retrieved 2014-09-15. Douglas Herbert asks Nagorno-Karabakh's Foreign Policy Chief whether he fears more fighting to come.
3. "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.