Meeting of Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan with the delegation of the Group of Rapporteurs on Democracy of the CoE Committee of Ministers

On October 18, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received the Head of the Group of Rapporteurs on Democracy of the CoE Committee of Ministers, Ambassador of Sweden to the Council of Europe Martin Ehnberg and the delegation headed by him.

Interview of the Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan to “Ria Novosti” news agency

The Republic of Armenia has repeatedly stated at the highest level about the readiness to resume the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process

Comment of the Foreign Ministry on the statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs

We welcome the approaches of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship regarding the resumption of the peace process, presented in their joint statement issued on July 29.  

Political consultations between Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Switzerland

On April 28, political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Confederation were held co-chaired by the head of European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tigran Samvelian and the Head of the Eurasia Department of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Anna Ifkovits Horner.

Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan’s interview to Sputnik International

Armenia has been always supportive of the idea of permanent ceasefire monitoring which was introduced in the peace process by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs immediately after the 2016 April escalation. Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to the expansion of the OSCE monitoring team and ceasefire investigation mechanism. 

U.S.-Armenia-Azerbaijan Joint Statement

The humanitarian ceasefire will take effect at 08:00 a.m. local time (12:00 a.m. EDT) on October 26, 2020.   

Statement by the MFA of Armenia on the establishment of humanitarian truce

The Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan have agreed to a humanitarian truce as of October 18th, 00h00 local time. 

Statement by the Foreign Ministry of Armenia regarding the statement of the Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries

Armenia reiterates the need for an immediate ceasefire, which the Foreign Ministry of Armenia has already emphasized in its statement issued on October 2, 2020.

Meeting of the Armenia-CoE 2019-2022 Action Plan Steering Committee

On July 7, the Meeting of the Armenia-Council of Europe 2019-2022 Action Plan Steering Committee was held via videoconference.

Adoption of the Resolution on the Prevention of Genocide at the UN Human Rights Council

On June 22, the Resolution on Prevention of Genocide initiated by Armenia was adopted by consensus at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.