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Answer of Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Кocharyan to the question by “Armenpress” news agency12 May, 2016
Azerbaijan's April aggression proved to everyone that during the last 22 years Baku used the negotiation process as a smokescreen to arm and resolve the issue through military means, which has been the main reason behind the maintenance of the status-quo in the conflict zone.
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Foreign Minister’s briefing with journalists in “Victory” Park09 May, 2016
For now the meetings and discussions may concern as of how to preclude, prevent the repetition of what happened in early April, when Azerbaijan unleashed large-scale military aggressive actions against Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Foreign Minister of Armenia delivered speech at the Global Forum “Against the Crime of Genocide”23 April, 2016
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.
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Meeting of Edward Nalbandian with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs09 April, 2016
It is clear to everyone that this offensive was pre-planned and prepared well in advance. Baku used against Nagorno-Karabakh its entire offensive military arsenal, acquired over recent years. We had on numerous occasions warned the international community, the Co-Chair countries on what happened. We had alerted that the absence of reaction to the threat of use of force by Baku would result in what
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Foreign Minister participated in the session of Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States08 April, 2016
From the years of establishment, the Commonwealth of Independent States set forth its role in economic, cultural-scientific, political and other processes, however, not always living up to the expectations. Prevention of negative expressions has not been achieved on a range of fundamental issues, including in security. The Nagorno-Karabakh issue is one of the vivid expressions.
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Statement by Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian following the meeting with Foreign Minister of Georgia Mikheil Janelidze25 March, 2016
To say that the relations between Armenia and Georgia are friendly, means to say very little. Everything which characterizes each of our peoples is closely interconnected. This is not a coincidence, as we live side by side for over thousands of years. This a time-tested friendship based on mutual respect. Those relations between the two countries keep expanding and deepening, also with such a conn
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The answer of Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan to the question of Tert.am21 March, 2016
It is more than strange that the head of a state explicitly opposes the implementation of measures aimed at saving people’s lives.
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FM Edward Nalbandian’s answers to questions during the press conference on the MFA activities in 2015: Part 102 February, 2016
I think that the Co-Chairs’ position, approaches, statement on these resolutions came as no surprise to anyone. The Co-Chairs, being the only internationally-mandated mediation format on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, have stated on numerous occasions that the attempts to shift the discussions on this issue to other formats cannot contribute to the conflict resolution, but rather
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Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian visited front lines of the Armenian Armed Forces29 December, 2015
Minister Nalbandian congratulated soldiers on the occasion of the New Year and Christmas wishing secure service, strong spirit, good health, assuring that Armenian diplomats will continue their efforts aimed at strengthening of a lasting peace and stability.
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Briefing of Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on the results of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Belgrade04 December, 2015
The Co-Chairs state that the parties (as they are mediators, they use the term “parties”) should dispel the impression, that they do not take seriously the commitment to resolve the issue only through negotiations. It is quite clear to whom these calls are addressed. And who does threaten to use force, who does threaten to start a war? Is it Armenia? Never!