The reception on the occasion of the Diplomat’s Day held at the National Gallery of Armenia

On March 7, an official reception on the occasion of the Diplomat’s Day was held at the National Gallery of Armenia. Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, President of the National Assembly, members of the Government, members of Parliament, Ambassadors accredited in Armenia and numerous guests were present at the event.

Remarks and answers to the questions by Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan at the joint press conference with EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn

Commissioner Hahn already had an opportunity to meet with President Armen Sargsyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. We also had a very practical discussion with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, which was followed by tete-a-tete talks on all the issues concerning our current stage of the Armenia-EU common agenda. Once again we emphasized the importance we attach to our

Remarks by acting Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan at Plenary Session of World Forum for Democracy “Women, security and democratization in the context of multilateralism”

We are a relatively new member to the Council of Europe. We are one of the beneficiaries of that multilateralism because we have chosen a model, once we restored our independence, we have chosen a model, which absorbs the values of Europe, which absorbs the principles of Europe, it absorbs the architecture, national building, state and institutional building along the lines that are known to

Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan participated in “Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction to Build Sustainable and Resilient Societies” side-event

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan: "The region from where we come from can share both tragic experiences of natural disasters and the examples of global and regional cooperation in tackling their consequences. In our case Armenia experienced the devastating earthquake exactly 30 years ago. Based on our regional experiences, we know that disaster risk reduction can and should also serve as a strong confidence-bu

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian participated in the "Sustainable Development Goals: Armenia's Experience" roundtable discussion in Stockholm

In his opening remarks, Minister Nalbandian noted that Armenia has gained certain positive experience in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals and such events provide a good opportunity to present it to partners and explore the work carried out in other countries in this regard. "We are glad that Armenia’s progress and experience have been noticed by our Swedish partners," st

Foreign Minister of Armenia received the newly appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator

Welcoming the guest, Edward Nalbandian highlighted that Armenia, since its accession to the UN, actively participates in the activities of the Organization and its structures and is determined to continue the involvement with a positive agenda in the implementation of the UN goals. Foreign Minister highly assessed the effective cooperation between the Government of Armenia and the UN Office in Arm

Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimian participated in the UN Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

In his remarks, Deputy Foreign Minister touched upon the importance of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), steps aimed at nationalization and implementation of SDGs in Armenia and their compliance with the national priorities of Armenia as well as reforms and strategic vision of 2030.

Statement by Edward Nalbandian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia at the 24th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council

The consequences of the closure of the OSCE Office in Yerevan pertain to very essence of the OSCE, which is designed to settle the issues through dialogue and cooperation and never through imposing the position of one participating State at the expense of all others and the entire Organization. It created a very negative precedent. The refusal of Azerbaijan to join the consensus on the extension o

Statement and answers to the questions of journalists by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia at a press conference with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Special attention was paid to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the efforts of Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, aimed at implementing the agreements reached at the 2016-2017 summits of Vienna, St. Petersburg and Geneva on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, aimed at preventing the escalation of the situation, observing the trilateral ceasefire agreements, taking additiona

Meeting between the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the UN and the UNDP Administrator

On August 3, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the UN Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met with the Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Achim Steiner, who began his tenure in July.