Statement in response to the Address of H.E. Sebastian Kurz, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria

Mr. Minister, During your previous appearance at the Permanent Council the delegation of Armenia took the opportunity to present its approaches on the priorities of the 2017 Austrian Chairmanship and express its support to its forward-looking but al

Ambassador Yuri Vardanyan extended condolences over death of Armenian Poet, translator, columnist and public figure Anahit Bostanjyan

 I learned the news about Anahit Bostanjyan’s unexpected death with deep sorrow.  Mrs. Anahit, of course, was one the most famous, most talented and brightest figures of the Armenian community in Georgian. Her lyrical poems, sam

Armenian Deputy Minister’s Visit to Iran

On January 11, Hayk Harutyunyan, the Deputy Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia, in Tehran had a meeting with Hamid Reza Araghi, the Deputy Oil Minister and Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Com

Vice-President of the Armenian National Assembly to attend Iranian ex-President’s funeral

On January 9, Vice-President of the Armenian National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov left for Iran to attend the funeral of former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. On January 11, in the National Primacy of Tehran the RA NA Deputy Speak

Ambassador Mkrtchyan’s meeting with Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis

Tigran Mkrtchyan, Armenia’s Ambassador to Lithuania, met Saulius Skvernelis, Prime Minister of Lithuania, on January 11.

Edward Nalbandian and Linas Linkevičius, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Lithuania have exchanged messages

Edward Nalbandian and Linas Linkevičius, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Lithuania have exchanged messages on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states.  

Statement delivered by the Permanent Delegation of Armenia at the 1126th Special Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council

In response to your statement let me highlight that in recent years Azerbaijan has been trying to consistently reduce the OSCE permanent presence in the South Caucasus. First, it downgraded and then simply closed the OSCE Office in Baku. After the cl

Visit of Armenian Delegation to Iran Led by the Chairman of RA Investigative Committee

On December 23-28, a delegation led by Aghvan Hovsepyan, the head of Armenia’s Investigative Committee, at invitation of his counterpart the president of the General Inspection Organization Mr. Naser Seraj made a visit to the Islamic Republic o

Ambassador Mkrtchyan’s meeting with Viktoras Pranckietis, the Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas

On December 27 Tigran Mkrtchyan, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Lithuania had a meeting with Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas.

President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the Session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Saint Petersburg

At the northern capital of the Russian Federation Saint Petersburg, today after the session of the Supreme Council of the Eurasian Economic Union there took place a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organiza