As of 2012[update] Manassarian is the Armenian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
[1] Manassarian graduated from the faculty of mechanics of Yerevan Agricultural Institute in 1981.
In 1988 – State plan, then – in the Ministry of Economy as the assistant of the deputy Prime-Minister.
Concurrently, the Ambassador of Armenia to Morocco, Libya, Ethiopia, Sudan and Oman.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Decorated with Bulgaria’s highest honor - "Stara Planina" medal.