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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs participated in the CSTO Foreign Minister&rsquo;s meeting  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On May 15 in Moscow the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian participated in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). 

The agenda of the Foreign Ministers&rsquo; meeting included the issues to be presented at the anniversary meeting of the Collective ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/05/15/csto_min/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenia Minister of Foreign Affairs met with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On May 12 the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke (the USA), Igor Popov (Russia), Jacques Faure (France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Calling the visit of the Co-Chairs to Yerevan symbolic as it took place on the ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/05/12/osce_mg/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Statement by H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia at the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Alignment Movement ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;
Mr. Chairman,

Distinguished colleagues,

I am pleased to return to Egypt, a country, where I have lived and worked for fourteen years. I have fond and warm memories of that years, the country and its people.
I am pleased to be here today to address the Ministerial Meeting of Non-Alignment Movement, a Family ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/speeches/item/2012/05/10/nalbandian_speech/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Edward Nalbandian had bilateral meetings in Sharm El-Sheikh ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ In the frames of the 17th conference of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member-countries of the Non-Aligned Movement held on 9 -10 May in Sharm El Sheikh, the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian had 14 meetings with his counterparts from different countries.
During a meeting between Edward ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/05/10/bi_meet/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Edward Nalbandian delivered a speech at the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Alignment Movement ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;Edward Nalbandian who participated in the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Alignment Movement in Sharm El Sheikh, on May 10 delivered a speech. 

In his speech, the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs said, &ldquo;I am pleased to return to Egypt, a country, where I have lived and ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/05/10/nalbandian_nam/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The statement, made by the President of Azerbaijan on May 4 at the Security Council is based on lies, distortions and groundless speculations. It causes deep regret that such an august platform can be used for such base statements.
Instead of reaffirming his country&rsquo;s commitment to the peaceful settlement of the ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/05/05/mfa_statement/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Minister Nalbandian received the delegation of the Bundestag Christian Democratic Party ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On 5 May, the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian met with Bundestag Christian Democratic Party MP Jurgen Klimke and Manfred Grund, who are in Armenia on to carry out observation mission during the parliamentary elections to be held on May 6. 

Welcoming the guests, Minister Nalbandian noted that ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/05/05/nalbandian_bundestag/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenian and Uruguay  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On May 4 the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay Luis Almagro, who  arrived in Yerevan on an official visit, took place in Yerevan.
Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian said, &ldquo;Armenia and Uruguay are thousands of kilometers away, but ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/05/04/nalbandian_uruguay/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The address and answers of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian and Luis Almagro, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay  during the joint press conference  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ 
Good afternoon.
I am pleased to welcome my counterpart, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Luis Almagro who is in Armenian on an official visit.
Armenia and Uruguay are thousands of kilometers away, but Uruguay is very close and friendly country for Armenia and the Armenian ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/interviews/item/2012/05/04/nalbandian_almagro/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs received the head of the CIS Observation Mission  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On May 3 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received the Head of the CIS observation mission at the 2012 RA parliamentary elections, First Deputy Head of the CIS Executive Committee Vladimir Garkun. 
Highly assessing the conditions provided by the RA authorities for the implementation of observation mission ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/05/03/nalbandian_cis/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The visit of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs to Tehran ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ By the invitation of the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Akbar Salehi, on April 29 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian arrived in Tehran on an official visit.
On the same day Edward Nalbandian was received by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.  ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/29/nalbandian_iran/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Minister of Foreign Affairs received the representatives of Zoryan Institute ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 25 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs met with the President of Canadian Zoryan Institute Greg Sarkissian and Executive Director George Shirinian.
Welcoming the guests, Minister Nalbandian stressed the importance of Zoryan Institute&rsquo;s decades-long activities and its input in raising of awareness of the international community on the Armenian ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/25/nalbandian_zorian/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Minister Nalbandian received the President of the Province of Milan ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 23 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received Guido Podest&agrave;, the President of the Province of Milan who is in Yerevan to participate in the events dedicated to the Yerevan World Book Capital 2012.
Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian mentioned that the Armenian-Italian similarities have centuries-old history ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/23/nalbandian_milan/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs received the Mayor of Venice ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 23 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian&nbsp;received Giorgio Orsoni, the Mayor of Venice who is in Yerevan to&nbsp;participate in the events dedicated to the Yerevan World Book Capital 2012.
Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian noted that the Armenian people has&nbsp;unique historical similarities with Venice which is due ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/23/nalbandian_venice/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Minister Nalbandian received the President of UNESCO&#039;s 36th General Conference and the Deputy Director-General of UNESCO ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 23 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian&nbsp;received the delegation led by the UNESCO's 36th General Conference&nbsp;Katalin Bogyay and the Deputy Director-General of UNESCO Getachew Engida&nbsp;who are in Yerevan to participate in the events dedicated to the Yerevan&nbsp;World Book Capital 2012.
Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian expressed gratitude ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/23/nalbandian_unesco/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nikoloz Vashakidze ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 21 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received  Nikoloz Vashakidze, the the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia who arrived in Armenia to participate in the inter-agency consultations.
Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian noted that the regular consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/21/geo_d_fm/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Minister participated in the enlarged meeting of the North Atlantic Council dedicated to Afghanistan  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Armenia would continue to support for the establishment of peace, security and stability in Afghanistan
On April 19 in Brussels the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian participated in the enlarged meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Foreign Ministers dedicated to Afghanistan. 

The heads of Ministries of ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/19/isaf/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Minister Nalbandian received the Director General of the IAEA ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 18, Foreign Minister Nalbandian received Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian underlined that Armenia attaches great importance to the relations and the development of the cooperation with the IAEA, considering it as an important element of Armenia&rsquo;s energy ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/18/iaea_18/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Belarus  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 16 Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Sergei Martynov who arrived in Yerevan on an official visit. 

Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian mentioned that due to the efforts of the leaders of the two countries the Armenian-Belarusian relations had considerably been ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/16/bel_fm/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Minister Nalbandian received the German Minister of State ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 16 Minister Nalbandian received Cornelia Pieper, the Minister of State of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian underlined that in the recent years the interaction between Armenia and Germany in the political, economic, cultural, scientific and educational spheres has expanded and the opening of the ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/16/ger_st_m/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia during the joint press conference  with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Sergei Martynov  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ I am pleased to welcome my colleague - the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Sergei Martynov who is in Yerevan on an official visit. 

I was in Minsk on an official visit last year and with a return visit today Sergei Martynov is here. 

During our talks we spoke ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-conference/item/2012/04/16/bel_fm_conf/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenia Minister of Foreign Affairs met with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On 12 April in Warsaw, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian met with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russia), Robert Bradtke (the USA), Jacques Faure (France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

During the meeting the sides continued the discussions over the settlement of ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/12/co_chairs_12042012/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs participated in the CSTO and CIS Ministerial meetings held in Kazakhstan ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 6 in Astana Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian participated in&nbsp;the session of the Ministerial Council of the Collective Security Treaty&nbsp;Organization (CSTO). 

The issues to be discussed during the jubilee meeting of the Collective&nbsp;Security Council dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the establishment of&nbsp;the CSTO and 20th anniversary of the ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/06/csto_cis/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Lithuania ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 5 a meeting was held between the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis who is in Yerevan on an official visit. 

Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian stressed the specific nature of the Armenian-Lithuanian relations, which is due to a number ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/05/lit/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The address and answers of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ I am pleased to welcome my colleague from Lithuania &ndash; the Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, who is in Armenia on an official visit.

The relations between our countries are developing very dynamically. We meet quite often. I was in Vilnius in January, and before that in December, and before ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-conference/item/2012/04/05/lit_press/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Finland ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 4 a meeting was held between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian and Erkki Tuomioja, who arrived in Armenia on an official visit. 

Welcoming the guest, Edward Nalbandian said, &ldquo;Armenia stresses the importance of deepening comprehensive cooperation with Finland and I am sure that this visit would ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/04/fin_fm/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The opening speech and the answers of the questions of Edward Nalbandian during the joint press conference with Finish Minister of Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Hello, 

I would like to welcome everyone attending this press conference which these days became daily.

I am pleased to welcome my counterpart, the Foreign Minister of Finland, who is in Armenia on an official visit. Here is another country with which we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-conference/item/2012/04/04/fin_fm_press/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Cyprus ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 3 Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis who arrived in Yerevan on an official visit. 

Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian said that Armenia attaches special importance to the further strengthening and development of the established effective cooperation with Cyprus and this visit is ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/03/cyprus_fm/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The address and answers of Minister Nalbandian during the joint press conference with Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Hello,
I am pleased to welcome the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, who comes from a country with whom we are tied to age-old friendship and brotherly relations, which passed the test of time, from a country, the parliament of which was one of the first ones to recognize and ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-conference/item/2012/04/03/cyprus_fm_press/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Press Conference of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Russia ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Dear friends,
I am very pleased to welcome my Russian colleague, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, who is in Armenia on an official visit.
We often meet. Last year we had more than a dozen meetings, and this year it is already the fourth meeting. But ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-conference/item/2012/04/02/vis_lavrov_press/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Edward Nalbandian visited the Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Today the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian visited the Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan where he took part in the opening ceremony of the international conference entitled &ldquo;The intercultural communication through foreign languages training&rdquo; held within the framework of the month of Francophonie in Armenia.
Welcoming the ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/02/mfa_ped_u/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Russia Edward Nalbandian and Sergey Lavrov  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On April 2nd a meeting was held between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Russia Edward Nalbandian and Sergey Lavrov, who arrived in Yerevan on an official visit. 

Welcoming the guest, Edward Nalbandian underlined that the two countries celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/04/02/vis_lavrov/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Minsk process ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ 20 years ago this day by the decision of the Foreign Ministerial Council of the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe the Minsk process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement was launched. As a result the Minsk Group and its Co-Chairmanship were formed with the goal to reach a peaceful ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/interviews/item/2012/03/24/20th_minsk_proc/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the French Ambassador to Armenia met with the French-speaking students of Yerevan Universities ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on March 23 visited the French Embassy to Armenia on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the relations between Armenia and France, where took place the meeting of the Armenian Foreign Minister and the French Ambassador to Armenia with the French-speaking students ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/23/em_fr_fr/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ A reception on the occasion of Armenia&rsquo;s membership to the UN at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia&rsquo;s membership to the Organization of United Nation today a reception was hosted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The RA Minister of Transport and Communications Manuk Vardanyan, the Ambassadors accredited in Armenia, MPs and the representatives of the international organizations and ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/23/un_mem_20th/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs received the Head of the OSCE /ODIHR monitoring mission ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On March 22 Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Radmila Shekerinska, the Head of the OSCE /ODIHR monitoring mission.
Welcoming the guest, Minister Nalbandian mentioned that Armenia actively is engaged in the cooperation held in the frames of the OSCE /ODIHR and the activities of the Organization. The poof of it is ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/22/osce_odihr/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ An event dedicated to the Day of Francophonie at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On March 22 the traditional reception was hosted dedicated to the Day of Francophonie at the MFA. The RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, MPs, Ambassadors of International Organization of the Francophonie member countries accredited in Armenia, heads of the French organizations functioning in Armenia and high-level representatives from scientific ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/22/franco_rec/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The 3rd session of the national commission coordinating the preparatory works of the participation of the Republic of Armenia in the &ldquo;Rio+20&rdquo; Earth Summit took place ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On March 22 under the co-chairmanship of the RA Ministers of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian and Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan, the third session of the national commission coordinating the preparatory works of the participation of the Republic of Armenia in the &ldquo;Rio+20&rdquo; Earth Summit on the sustainable development and environment ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/22/rio_20/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Holy See&rsquo;s Nuncio to Armenia presented the copies of his credentials to Minister Nalbandian ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On March 21 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received the Holy See&rsquo;s Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia Marek Solczyński on the occasion of presenting the copies of his credentials.
Congratulating the newly appointed Nuncio, Minister Nalbandian said, &ldquo;The high-level relations between the two churches of Armenia and Vatican are ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/21/nuncio/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Foreign Minister&rsquo;s visit to Tbilisi ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;In the course of Nalbandian- Vashadze meeting the mutual willingness to&nbsp;further develop the good-neighborly relations was reaffirmed.
On March 17 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian who&nbsp;arrived in Georgia on a working visit met with his counterpart Grigol&nbsp;Vashadze.
Welcoming the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grigol Vashadze&nbsp;mentioned that the regular ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/17/vis_tbilisi/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The meeting of the Armenian and German Ministers of Foreign Affairs ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On March 16 took place the meeting of the Armenian Minister of Foreign&nbsp;Affairs Edward Nalbandian with the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of&nbsp;Germany Guido Westerwelle, who arrived in Yerevan on an official visit.
Welcoming his German counterpart, Edward Nalbandian said, &ldquo;It is a great&nbsp;pleasure for me to host You in Armenia ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/16/ger_mfa/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The address and answer of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian during the joint press conference with the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Guido Westerwe ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;Good morning.
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome my German counterpart Guido&nbsp;Westerwelle in Armenia.
It&rsquo;s a good opportunity to keep on our dialogue. We have regular meetings&nbsp;and I was in Germany recently. We use a variety of other&nbsp;opportunities at international conferences.

This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-conference/item/2012/03/16/ger_mfa_conf/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The visit of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs to Switzerland ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The mutual commitment to deepen the Armenian-Swiss friendship was reaffirmed
On March 13 Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian arrived in Switzerland on a working visit.
On the same day, the ceremony of awarding the former President of the Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey with a Medal of Honor of the Republic of Armenia took ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/13/vis_switz/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs received the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On March 12 Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Nikolai Bordyuzha, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. 

The sides discussed the implementation of the decisions of the CSTO Collective Security Council, the preparatory works of the CSTO Ministerial Council meeting to be held next month and the CSTO ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/12/csto_sg/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs participated in the expanded meeting of the Visegrad Group of the Eastern Partnership countries ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On March 5, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Prague participated in the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Eastern Partnership countries, Visegrad Group (V4) Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary and a number of European countries. The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/05/nal_ep/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandian received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ On March 2, the Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandian received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russia), Jacques Faure (France) and Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

During the meeting discussions over the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue were continued. 

The interlocutors touched ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/02/osce_02.03/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Foreign Affairs՚ Minister Edward Nalbandian՚s statement on the 20th Anniversary of UN membership of the Republic of Armenia ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Today is historical for the Armenian people. Led by universal values and&nbsp;the fundamental idea of peaceful coexistence, twenty years ago the&nbsp;newly-independent Armenia joined the family of the united nations.

Armenia has honorably accepted the obligations envisaged by the UN&nbsp;Charter, which coincide with our people&rsquo;s desires. 

During two decades Armenia has brought ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/interviews/item/2012/03/02/un20/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The interaction between Armenia and the European Union was discussed	 ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Today Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian had a working lunch with the Ambassadors of the EU member countries accredited in Yerevan and the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia. 

During the talk they exchanged views on the relations between Armenia and the EU and touched upon the preparatory works of ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/03/01/eu_amb/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Edward Nalbandian paid an official visit to Singapore ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs being in Singapore on an official &nbsp;visit on February 28th was received by Tony Tan Keng Yam, the President of &nbsp;Singapore.

Welcoming the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Singapore&rsquo;s President&nbsp;noted, &ldquo;The Armenians have left a deep trace in the history of our country &nbsp;and had ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/02/28/vis_singa/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ The meetings of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ In the frames of the Asian trip on February 27th the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian who is in Hong Kong on a transit visit met with Hon Jasper Tsang Yok-sing, the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
The interlocutors had a thorough talk on the issues ... ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/02/27/vis_hk/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT+4</pubDate>
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