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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ARMENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
States News Service
September 30, 2008 Tuesday
The following information was released by the United Nations:
The new Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations
(Vienna), H. E. Mr. Ashot Hovakimian, presented his credentials today
to Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General, United Nations Office
at Vienna (UNOV).
Mr. Hovakimian is also serving as Ambassador to Austria, the Czech
Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, a post which he assumed in 2006.
Mr. Hovakimian has served in many capacities in the course of
his career, among them: Ambassador to Poland (1999-2006) and to
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (2000-06), Charge d'Affaires en pied to
Poland (1998-99), Director, Second European Department (Central and
South-Eastern Europe), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Advisor to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997-98), Head, Second European Desk,
European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1996-97), First
Secretary, Embassy in Athens, Greece (1994-96), Charge d'Affaires ad
interim, Embassy in Athens, Greece (1993-94), Second Secretary and Desk
Officer for the Balkans, European Desk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1992-93) and Researcher, Armenian National Academy of Sciences,
Yerevan (1988-92).
Mr. Hovakimian holds a doctoral degree in Slavic and Balkan Studies
from the Academy of Sciences, Moscow and a degree in Slavic Studies
from the Moscow State University. He speaks Armenian, Croatian,
English, Greek, Polish and Russian.
Mr. Hovakimian is married and has two children.
States News Service
September 30, 2008 Tuesday
The following information was released by the United Nations:
The new Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations
(Vienna), H. E. Mr. Ashot Hovakimian, presented his credentials today
to Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General, United Nations Office
at Vienna (UNOV).
Mr. Hovakimian is also serving as Ambassador to Austria, the Czech
Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, a post which he assumed in 2006.
Mr. Hovakimian has served in many capacities in the course of
his career, among them: Ambassador to Poland (1999-2006) and to
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (2000-06), Charge d'Affaires en pied to
Poland (1998-99), Director, Second European Department (Central and
South-Eastern Europe), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Advisor to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997-98), Head, Second European Desk,
European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1996-97), First
Secretary, Embassy in Athens, Greece (1994-96), Charge d'Affaires ad
interim, Embassy in Athens, Greece (1993-94), Second Secretary and Desk
Officer for the Balkans, European Desk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1992-93) and Researcher, Armenian National Academy of Sciences,
Yerevan (1988-92).
Mr. Hovakimian holds a doctoral degree in Slavic and Balkan Studies
from the Academy of Sciences, Moscow and a degree in Slavic Studies
from the Moscow State University. He speaks Armenian, Croatian,
English, Greek, Polish and Russian.
Mr. Hovakimian is married and has two children.