Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister dismissed

Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigor Hovhannisyan has been relieved of his post, Report says, citing Aysor.

According to the Armenian government, on April 20, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a decree on the dismissal of Grigor Hovhannisyan.

Grigor Hovhannisyan served as Ambassador of Armenia to the United States from 2016-2018.

Before he was appointed ambassador to the United States, Hovhannissian held several meetings in the United Nations, focusing on Africa and the Middle East. From 1994 1996, he was Coordinator of the "Shelter" program of UN High Commissioner for Refugees. From 1996 until 1998, he was assistant to the Special Coordinator, program and public information of the UN Special Mission to the African Great Lakes region, which included Uganda, Zaire, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya. In 1998 he was appointed to the UN Secretariat Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs as head of the Kinshasa (the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo) offices.

On December 29, 2018, Hovhannissian was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.