Foreign Minister Oskanian Addresses the 109th Session of The Council of Ministers Meeting of the Council of Europe

Dear Mr. Chairman,  Secretary General,  DearColleagues, The global crisis set in motion on September 11 has caused each of us in our capitals around the world to reexamine our policies, our assumptions and our projections. We have realized that the better, fairer world we thought we were creating at the end

On the Tragic Attacks on the United States of America.

It is with deep shock and grief that we express our condolences to the people and the government of the United States of America. Yesterday, President Kocharian relayed his and the Armenian people s sympathies to President Bush. The United States and the American people have been good friends of Armenia and Armenians and w

SPEECH BY VARTAN OSKANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ՁPROSPECTS FOR REGIONAL AND TRANSREGIONAL COO

Allow me to welcome you to Armenia, and to welcome the effort being made by this conference, its organizers and participants to promote the continuation of regional dialog on basic issues facing our collective future. I have no doubt that whatever the future holds for the Caucasus, we are in it together. Here, even more than

STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER QULIYEV DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR TABIBIAN TO THE SPECIAL PERMANENT COUNCIL

Thank you Madam Chairperson,   My delegation would like to join the others in welcoming the distinguished Foreign Minister of our neighbor Azerbaijan to Permanent Council. We did in fact listen very carefully, as we do and ought to do, since what our neighbors say, do and think are of great consequence and interest in my coun

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE CAUCASUS AND ARMENIA

Today, the world is witnessing and participating in the formulation of a new system. There is no bi-polar system any longer: it has been destroyed. Some think that that formulation has already taken place, but in reality, it does not exist. Today, we do not know whether we live in a uni-polar, multi-polar or some other kind of w

Statement by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian at the 11th Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

It is a great honor for me to welcome you to Yerevan for the 11th Meeting of BSEC Foreign Ministers. This is the first time I participate in these meetings as Foreign Minister. I wish to take this opportunity to reaffirm that progress and increased effectiveness in BSEC processes are key foreign policy commitments for Armenia.

Hungary

General information Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and Hungary were established on 26 February 1992. On 31 August 2012, upon the decision of the National Security Council of the Republic of Armenia decided to suspend the diplomatic relations between Armenia and Hungary. On the 1st of December 2022, Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armeni

Denmark

General information Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Kingdom of Denmark were established on 14 January 1992. On 12 April 2024 Anna Aghadjanian, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Kingdom of Denmark (with residence in Stockholm) presented her credentials to His Majesty King Frederik X of Denmark. On 26 January 2023 Ambassado

General information about Republic of Armenia

Official NameRepublic of Armenia (RA), short: Armenia FlagThe flag is tricolor with three horizontal and equal alternating stripes of red, blue and Orange (from top to bottom). The correlation between the width and length of the flag is 1/2.  The Coat of ArmsThe Coat of Arms of the Republic of Armenia is as follows: On a shield, positioned in the center, Mount Ararat is represented with Noa

ARMENIAN CULTURE: FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE 21st CENTURY

“Armenia is the cradle of civilization, one of the progressive and developed countries of the Ancient World”. Franz Werfel, Austrian writer and humanist The origins of Armenian culture date back to the time of the formation of Armenian tribal unions and state institutions. They are familiar to us due to excavation materials as well as preserved myths and religious beliefs. Numerous