Foreign Minister of Armenia received Canadian Parliamentarians

On August 29, Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of Armenia, received the Parliamentary Delegation of Canada headed by Majed El Shafi, head of the “One Free World” Organization.\r\n

Interview of Edward Nalbandian to “Regional Post” magazine

It would not be an exaggeration to stress that within the UN and its agencies Armenia is involved in wide array of activities in almost all aspects of the work of the Organization. Of course we have our priorities that first and foremost relate to the maintenance of peace and security. In this regard the international efforts in support of the processes, developing good neighborly relations, count

Deputy Foreign Minister participated in the works of “Armenia. Let’s Create Together” Program

On July 12, Deputy Foreign Minister Garen Nazarian participated in the launch of “Armenia. Let’s Create Together” Program of the Ministry of Diaspora of Armenia, organized in cooperation with the Armenian General Benevolent Union, “Luys” and “Ayb” foundations.

Answer of Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to the question by the “First News Service” of Public TV

We, indeed, welcome the draft bill, initiated by the Government of France, which was unanimously adopted by the National Assembly.

Statement by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the OSCE Wide Counter Terrorism Conference

In his remarks, Deputy FM Hovakimian stressed that Armenia has been the first country in the framework of OSCE to condemn mass atrocities perpetrated by ISIL and Al Nusra against Yazidis in Iraq and Armenians in Kessab and Deir Zor in Syria. In his words, it is necessary to focus on the prevention of hate crimes since they directly link violent extremism to terrorism.\r\n

Speech by Edward Nalbandian at the Global Forum “Against the Crime of Genocide”

Today it is hard to imagine that some 50 years ago, during the commemoration of the 50th anniversary, the Armenian Genocide was just a dark page of the history of mankind and was not discussed beyond the Armenian circles. It is due to collective, unified efforts of the Armenian people and support of the international community that today we can say with confidence - the Armenian Genocide gained wo

Foreign Minister of Armenia delivered speech at the Global Forum “Against the Crime of Genocide”

In many cases crimes against survivors continue throughout ensuing years, even decades of the genocidal acts. I am talking about the attempts to conceal or deny committed crimes. Unequivocally, this is a violation of the survivors’ right to remembrance. As long as it continues, survivors and their descendants remain in the status of victims of the crime.

Deputy Foreign Minister Hovakimian delivered speech at the High-level conference Preventing Violent Extremism – The Way Forward

Ashot Hovakimian stressed, that unresolved conflicts may indeed create breeding ground for violent extremism particularly when state authorities use unresolved conflicts to suppress human rights both within and beyond their jurisdiction and propagate hatred against parties to the conflict at all levels of their society.

Statement by Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of Armenia at the High-level meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees

For years the war in Syria has ravaged the life of the Syrian people scattering hundreds of thousands of them throughout the region and beyond. Armenia has been among the first to strongly condemn the barbaric acts committed by “DAESH”, Al-Nusra and other terrorist groups, against ethnic and religious minorities, including our fellow Armenians and their cultural and religious heritage,

Foreign Minister of Armenia participated in the High-level meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees

On March 30, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian participated in and delivered a statement at the High-level meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees, opened by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Ministers, high-ranking delegations and Heads of numerous international organizations from nearly 4 dozen states attended the meeting.\r\n