Your excellency President of Armenia, Mr. Armen Sarkissian, Your grace Archbishop Natan Hovhannisyan, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, Many warm welcome to Armenia, Many warm welcome to the first morning post-election Armenia.

The Convention, which was the first international agreement on human rights, greatly contributed to the creation of international criminal law. Genocide was qualified as a crime worthy of condemnation by the civilized world and for which both the cri

On December 6, while on a working visit in Milan, Acting Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met with Thomas Greminger, the Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

The Acting Foreign Minister congratulated his counterpart on assuming the Presidency of the OSCE, reiterating Armenia’s support for the priorities of the Slovak Presidency. Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Miroslav Lajčák exchanged views on

During the meeting reference was made to a range of issues on the bilateral agenda and both sides placed importance on the organization of regular consultations and high-level visits. The Foreign Ministers expressed readiness to exert joint efforts a

The Foreign Ministers discussed a number of issues of bilateral and multilateral agenda. Both sides expressed readiness to take concrete steps aimed at further enrichment of agenda for cooperation, based on centuries of partnership and mutual respect

On December 6th, within the framework of his working visit to Milan, acting Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar.

The interlocutors discussed a number of issues related to bilateral relations and exchanged views on the agenda of the 25th OSCE Ministerial Council, the activity of the organization and cooperation within the framework of the OSCE.