Statement by Artak Apitonian, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the 35th session of the Working Group on Universal Periodic Review of Armenia

As a newly elected member of the Human Rights Council, Armenia reaffirms its unwavering commitment to enhance protection and promotion of human rights according to its voluntary pledges, in particular by building peaceful and inclusive societies, addressing the issues of prevention of genocide and mass atrocities, countering hate crimes targeting ethnic and religious groups, protecting the rights

Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia chaired the 36th Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie

On October 30 and 31, the 36th Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie chaired by Foreign MInister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, took place in Monaco. The conference was attended by Foreign Ministers and heads of delegation from the OIF member states.

The Deputy Foreign Minister participated in the Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States

On June 26-28, in the city of Medellin, Colombia, the delegation of Armenia headed by Grigor Hovhannisyan, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, participated in the regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States. 

The response by the Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry to the question of Gala TV

Regarding this issue, more concerning are Azerbaijan's general tendencies to politicize the UNESCO platform, which is already reflected in the working procedures of the organization. The UNESCO, which has been created to advance the peace and security by promoting cooperation between countries through culture, has now turned into a platform for deepening the problems, and this should be alarming f

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

Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Ashot Hovakimian participated in international conference on Countering terrorism and radicalism held in Dushanbe

On May 3-4, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Ashot Hovakimian participated in a high-level international conference titled "Countering Terrorism and Radicalism" organized by the government of Tajikistan, the UN, OSCE and the EU, which was attended by numerous ministers of foreign and interior affairs, deputy ministers, heads of international organizations, representatives of anti-terrorist agenc

Statement by Edward Nalbandian at the Conference Preventing and Countering Hate Crimes against Christians and Members of other Religious Groups - Perspectives from the OSCE and beyond

Historically being situated on the crossroads of different civilizations Armenia has cultivated deeply rooted traditions of coexistence and respect towards other cultures and religions. Being the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion, Armenians stand among the foundations of the Christian civilization. We always have had very strong relations with Muslim nations and states, as wel

Foreign Minister of Armenia participated in the OSCE Conference on Refugees and Migration Flows

Speaking of Armenia's experience of providing asylum to the refugees in recent years, Foreign Minister of Armenia said: "From Syria alone Armenia has harbored about 22.000 refugees, on per capita basis making our country the third largest recipient of Syrian refugees in Europe. This has caused a number of challenges for a country of just 3 million which has in the recent past already received hund

Statement by Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, at the 2017 OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Palermo

From Syria alone Armenia has harbored about 22.000 refugees, on per capita basis making our country the third largest recipient of Syrian refugees in Europe. This has caused a number of challenges for a country of just 3 million which has in the recent past already received hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing from Azerbaijan.

Statement by the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan at the general debate of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly

On September 19, President Serzh Sargsyan partook in the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in United Nations headquarters in New York. President of the Republic delivered a speech.\r\n\r\n