Edward Nalbandian meets with the representatives of American Armenian community

The visit of Foreign Minister of Armenia to New York has been full of meetings with the representatives of American Armenian organizations. During the reception hosted in honour of Armenian Foreign Minister at the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America by the Primate Archbishop Khajag Parsamian, Edward Nalbandian presented to the representatives of the Armenian

The Session of the Council of the CSTO Foreign Ministers held in Yerevan

On April 16, the session of the Council of the CSTO Foreign Ministers was held in Yerevan under the Chairmanship of Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian. The agenda of the meeting included actual problems of international security, issues concerning coordination of foreign policy of member-states of the organization, as well as main directions of CSTO cooperation with i

Samvel Mkrtchian, Ambassador Meets with David Hobbs, Newly-Appointed Secretary General of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly

On February 27, 2008, Samvel Mkrtchian, met with David Hobbs, Newly-Appointed Secretary- General of the NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly, who has taken up his office since January 2008. During the meeting, the two discussed NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly’s future plans, the upcoming spring session to be held in Berlin in May 2008, the prospects for cooperation betwee

Minister Oskanian Met with NATO Secretary General

Foreign Minister Oskanian met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Brussels on September 4, 2007. Minister Oskanian began by stressing the importance of activities already implemented within the Armenia-NATO  Individual Partnership Action Plan, particularly the elaboration of  Armenia’s National Security Strategy, the opening of  the NATO Informa

STATEMENT by Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia at the 57th Session of the United Nations General Assembly General Deb

Mr. President,  Mr. Secretary-General,  Excellencies,  Distinguished Delegates, May I begin by congratulating Mr. Jan Kavan upon his election to the post of President of this 57th session of the General Assembly and wish him success in his work. I would also like to thank Mr.

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STATEMENT On the Counter-Terrorism Actions in Afghanistan

Today, the US authorities presented Armenia with the investigative evidence that has been gathered pertaining to the complicity of the Al Qaida organization in the terrorist acts of September 11. Armenia deeply regrets that despite diplomatic efforts, it was not possible to hand over the organizers of the September 11 terrorist events to

COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION

The Collective Security Treaty was signed by Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan on May 15, 1992. Article 4 is the key part of the Treaty, which runs as follows: “If one of the Member States undergoes aggression, it will be considered by the Member States as aggression to all the Member States of this Treaty. In case of aggression against any of the Member S

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

Armenia-NATO partnership relations date back to 1992 when Armenia joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, later renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (Armenia is a member of EAPC since 1997). Armenia's cooperation with NATO has gradually broadened since Armenia joined the Partnership for Peace in 1994. Starting from 2006 the political dialogue and partnership cooperation in various

TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission of TRACECA (Europe-Caucasus-Asia International Transport Corridor)

TRACECA (Europe-Caucasus-Asia International Transport Corridor) is an international transport programme, which includes the EU and 13 member-states in the regions of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and central Asia. The objective of the Programme is to strengthen the economic and transport communication between the regions of the Black Sea Basin, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The Permanent Secretari

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

The Organization of the United Nations has been established in 1945. Currently, the United Nations consists of 193 member-states. The mission and activities of the United Nations are guided by the purposes and principles enshrined in its milestone document – the UN Charter. http://www.un.am/up/file/1.%20UN%20Charter_arm.pdf The official languages of the UN are Arabic, Chinese, En