Foreign Minister of Armenia had meetings with the OSCE Secretary-General, Special Representative on Nagorno Karabakh conflict from the Parliamentary Assembly, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan.

On December 3, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian started his working visit to Helsinki.

Minister Nalbandian first met with Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, the OSCE Secretary General.

The two had a discussion on issues concerning different spheres of the OSCE activity, exchanged views on the reforms within the organization. In that context Edward Nalbandian mentioned that Armenia attaches importance to the role of the OSCE in maintenance of security and cooperation in Europe and considers that the organization needs reforms for more effective responding current challenges.

Minister Nalbandian and Ambassador de Brichambaut also touched upon the existing system of European security. Armenian Foreign Minister emphasized that European security system needs to be improved and member-states of the organization have to join their efforts to make it more efficient and effective.

Armenian Foreign Minister and the OSCE Secretary General also discussed the activity of the OSCE Office in Yerevan and issues concerning the improvement of its efficiency.

In the course of the meeting the OSCE Secretary General informed about his intention to visit Armenia.

On the same day Minister Nalbandian met with Göran Lennmarker, the Special Representative on Nagorno Karabakh conflict from the Parliamentary Assembly.

At the meeting the two discussed recent developments in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) peace process. Minister Nalbandian attached importance to the Declaration signed by the Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia on November 2 in Moscow and mentioned that distorted comments of the Azerbaijani side on the Declaration and efforts aimed at neglecting of provisions of the document damage the efficiency and progress of peace process. Edward Nalbandian mentioned that Armenia highly evaluates the Parliamentary diplomacy as effective format for discussion of problems. Göran Lennmarker stressed that the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has always been and is for the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh issue only by means of peaceful negotiations.

On the same day the meeting between Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov took place. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Bernard Fassier, Mattew Bryza, Yuri Merzlyakov and Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office also attended the meeting.

In the course of negotiations they discussed issues concerning the settlement of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) issue. They attached importance to the maintenance of positive atmosphere reached during constructive meetings between Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan on June 6 in Saint-Petersburg and on November 2 in Moscow, the continuation of talks on the base of the Madrid proposals with support of Minsk Group Co-Chairs aimed at rapprochement of positions of the sides and settlement of the issue through peaceful negotiations.