Mr. Avet Adonts is a diplomat who has served Armenia through the ranks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In May, 2007, he was elected as a member of the parliament with the Prosperous Armenia party (BHK - Barkavaj Hayastan), and served as the chair of the standing committee on European integration of the National Assembly. In 2009 Mr. Adonts was appointed Armenia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium, and from 2014 to 2019 he served in Spain. From 2019 to 2021, Mr. Adonts served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.