The Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian’s Speech at the Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of Armenia

1. Immediately after the crime committed by Ramil Safarov in 2004, during the trial process, after the sentence, during these years Azerbaijan was making intensive efforts to release and to transfer the criminal.

H.E. Dr. Arman Kirakossian, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Head of the Armenian Delegation at the 78th meeting of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Mr. Chairman,\r\nDistinguished members of the Committee,\r\nLadies and Gentlemen,\r\n\r\nIt is a great honour for us to participate at this meeting on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Armenia. We are grateful for the opportunity to provide the Committee with further information on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. \r\n

Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian started his official visit to China.

Foreign Minister of Armenia discussed the perspectives of development of bilateral relations with Chinese highest leadership. On September 10, by the invitation of Foreign Minister of China Yang Jiechi, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian arrived in Beijing with an official visit.On September 11, meeting between Foreign Ministers of Armenia and ChinaEdward Nalbandian and Ya

Interview of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to "Politique Internationale" Journal

ARMENIA AND THE WORLD \r\nAn interview with editorial staff of Politique Internationale\r\n\r\nPolitique Internationale — Mr Nalbandian, you were appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in April 2008, after spending thirty years working abroad. How do you view the world today from the perspective of Yerevan? And what is Armenia’s place in the world?

Vartan Oskanian’s Farewell Speech to MFA Staff

I asked that you all gather here today so I can say thank you – to all of you: To the diplomats who have worked with me for these 10 years, and longer. To the technical staff who have made our work here and abroad possible. To our ambassadors who have worked hard, against great odds, to maximally promote our interests.  We can all be proud of our work, and we can all feel sa

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vartan Oskanian Meets With OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain, Miguel Angel Moratinos

On May 5, 2007, Minister Oskanian received OSCE Chairman-in-Office Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain, Miguel Angel Moratinos who was in Yerevan as part of a regional trip. Minister Oskanian welcomed the OSCE Spanish Chairmanship’s visit to Armenia, stressing its importance for Armenia-OSCE cooperation and as a powerful incentive for broadening the scale of ongoi

Findings of monitoring of political programs broadcasted by private TV channels in the Republic of Armenia

The office of the Press Secretary of the President of the Republic of Armenia has for the third time monitored political broadcast of private Armenian TV channels. Along with channels traditionally broadcasting political shows, some other channels were monitored which do not have regular political programming, but have occasionally touched upon political topics. The monitoring was c

Speech by H.E. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs At the University for Peace Conference on Capacity Building for Peace and Development: Roles of Diaspora

In this conference of experts, I feel right at home. I am, by default, an expert on Diaspora. I was born in Syria, the heart of the Armenian Diaspora, came to the homeland for the first time as a Diasporan student -- and today, I am foreign minister of that homeland which has more of its nationals living in Diaspora, than at home. I appre

H.E. Mr. Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Addresses the students of the International Affairs Dept of Yerevan State Un

Thank you for giving me this opportunity today to speak with you. There is no more current theme today, in Armenia, than constitutional reforms. I¹m pleased to be addressing this theme with this audience today, because it is you students who will be affected by the changes which these amendments propose, and it is you who ca

India

General information The Republic of Armenia attaches great importance to the strengthening of friendly and mutually beneficial ties and the establishment of а new partnership with the Republic of India. Diplomatic relations between Armenia and India were established on August 31, 1992. H.E. Mr. Vahagn Afyan is the Ambassador of Armenia to India is (presented his Credentials to the President of