Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Sweden

Edward Nalbandian and Margot Wallström acknowledged with satisfaction that since the establishment of diplomatic relations, strong and friendly cooperation has been developed both in bilateral and multilateral formats, and that we have active inter-parliamentary contacts.\r\n

Interview of Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, to the "Off the Agenda" programme. Part 2

2018 is going to be a year of symbolic dates: the 30th anniversary of the Artsakh Movement, the Centennial of the First Republic, the 2800th anniversary of our capital. These symbolic dates, in their historical sense, seem so distant from each other, so different, but they have many similarities. The most important similarity is that these jubilees will once again demonstrate the aspiration of the

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

Edward Nalbandian received Special Envoys for EU Eastern Partnership

The interlocutors touched upon the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between Armenia and the European Union and the Armenia-European Union 2017-2020 Partnership Priorities document, noting that those are a good basis for the development of the relations. The sides highlighted the importance of adoption of the decision on initiating visa liberalisation dialogue.

Foreign Minister of Armenia received Deputy Director General of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development

On November 15, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian received Gabriela Abado, Deputy Director General of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development.\r\n

Armenian experience of gender equality presented in Sweden

On November 8-9, the 7th Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) was held in Stockholm. Within the framework of the Forum a seminar titled “The importance of gender equality” was held about the issues of equal rights of women and active participation in the political and social life for sustainable development with reference also to the Eastern Partnership region.

Foreign Minister met with the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden

On October 6, Edward Nalbandian, the Foreign Minister of Armenia, had a meeting with Esabelle Dingizian, the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden.\r\n\r\n