Issues related to future meetings between Foreign Ministers as well as Co-Chairs next visit to the region were discussed.\r\n

Interlocutors stressed the necessity of implementation of agreements reached at Vienna and Saint-Petersbourg Summits aimed at creation of conducive conditions for advancing the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

The Armenian authorities received a request from Shahin Mirzoev for temporary asylum, since as a member of Talish Cultural Council, Talish freedom movement, journalist at the “Tolishi Sado” newspaper, he was obliged to flee from Azerbaija

Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandian and Mohammad Javad Zarif exchanged messages on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Islamic Republic of Iran.\r\n

Question: Mr. Kocharyan, how would you comment on the statement of the President of Azerbaijan that the April military actions and the ongoing tensions along the Line of Contact are the internal matter of Azerbaijan?

The first session of the Interagency Commission for preparation and holding of the 17th Summit of the heads of state and governments of La Francophonie, chaired by Karen Karapetyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, took place in the Governm

Edward Nalbandian and Bert Koenders, Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Armenia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, exchanged messages on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.\r

The persecution of Alexander Lapshin, his extradition to Azerbaijan is a gross violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of speech and movement, which once again demonstrates the existing gap between dictatorship and democracy.

Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia, presented the results of the implementation of the priority tasks and the plan of actions of 2016.

Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandian and Julie Bishop exchanged messages on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Commonwealth of Australia. \r\n