Minister Vartan Oskanian has appointed Vladimir Karapetian as Ministry Spokesperson and Head of the Press and Information Department. Mr. Karapetian has been in this position in an acting capacity for the last year. Mr. Karapetian, whose la

On August 2, 2007, Minister Vartan Oskanian received a delegation headed by Gunter Pilarsky, the founder and president of Cronimet Cruppe. Mr. Pilarsky was accompanied by several German officials from local and federal government. Gunter P

As he concluded his working visit to Georgia, Foreign Minister returned to Armenia from Batumi. His return trip included stops in Akhaltskha and Akhalkalak. In Akhaltskha, he met with officials of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, as well

Minister Vartan Oskanian is in Georgia for a working visit and met with Gela Bezhuashvili, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Georgia on July 25. The two foreign affairs ministers discussed issues on the bilateral age

We welcome the presidential elections held in Nagorno Karabakh on July 19. Nearly 80% of the people of Nagorno Karabakh participated in these elections. These elections are the most recent in some dozen presidential, parliamentary, and local elect

Manouchehr Mottaki, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran and President of the Intergovernmental Committee on Armenian-Iranian Relations Coordination, was in Armenia for the 7th Joint Session of the Intergovernmental Commission on Armen

On July 9-13, 2007, Ambassador of Armenia in Georgia Hrach Sylvanian visited the Autonomous Republic of Ajaria to discuss issues concerning the establishment of a General Consulate of Armenia in the city of Batumi. The Ambassador considered a

On July 16, Minister Vartan Oskanian received US Charge d’Affaires, Ambassador Rudolph Perina. Minister Oskanian congratulated Mr. Perina on his appointment, noting that the Ambassador’s experience and excellent knowledge of

On July 10, Minister Oskanian met with OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs Yuri Merzlyakov and Bernard Fassier, as well as Elizabeth Rood of the US State Department. Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman in Office also took part in

On July 2, 2007, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vartan Oskanian received the delegation of the Council of Europe Ago Monitoring group. The delegation was headed by Swedish ambassador to the Council of Europe, Per Sjogren. Also present were