Shavarsh Kocharyan (, born 3 April 1948,
Yerevan, Armenia
Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...
) is an Armenian diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
On November 10, 2020, during the political crisis caused by the
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement
The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement was an armistice agreement that ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. It was signed on 9November by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the Pr ...
he submitted his resignation, being accepted on November 17.
In the early hours of April 13, 2004, Shavarsh Kocharyan as an opposition MP was taken into police custody during a violent crackdown on opposition protests.
References
Official website of MFA RA
Diplomats from Yerevan
Living people
1948 births
Politicians from Yerevan
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