H. E. Edward Nalbandian’s Address at the 5th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna 2013

I want to thank the Austrian Government for hosting the fifth Global Forum of Alliance of Civilizations in a city known for its historic multicultural traditions and for being a center of multilateral diplomacy.

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian’s address and answers to the questions of the journalists during the press conference on summarizing the year in foreign policy

Question, News.am: My question is about the Stepanakert airport. A few days ago a decision was made in Azerbaijan which seemingly addressed the air defense system of the country, but in reality this is an attempt to legalize the Azerbaijani threats. How would you comment it?

Edward Nalbandian’s statement and answer during the joint press conference with the Foreign Ministers of Poland, Sweden and Bulgaria

I would like to welcome Foreign Ministers of Poland, Sweden and Bulgaria Radosław Sikorski, Carl Bildt and Nickolay Mladenov in Armenia. I would particularly like to welcome Nickolay Mladenov who is in Armenia for the first time. My Swedish and Polish counterparts have previously been here.

H.E. Mr. Edward NALBANDIAN Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia at the General Debate of the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly

I would like to join the previous speakers in congratulating Vuk Jeremic on his election as the President of the 67th Session of the General Assembly. I would also like to extend our thanks to the outgoing President, Nasser Abdulaziz Al-Nasser.

Edward Nalbandian’s statement and answers at the joint press conference with David Lidington, the Minister for Europe of the United Kingdom

I would like to welcome Mr. David Lidington, the Minister for Europe of the United Kingdom. This is his first visit to Armenia. During the recent years I and David Lidington have had many meetings in London and other capitals, we have had many phone conversations. I am very happy to host Mr. Lidington in Armenia.

The address and answers of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian during the joint press conference with Lamberto Zannier, the OSCE Secretary General

I am pleased to welcome the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and the delegation led by him in Yerevan. It is pleasant to note that Armenia fully supported the election of Mr. Zannier as an OSCE Secretary General and we are confident that such an \r\nexperienced diplomat would skillfully and wisely head the OSCE Secretariat.

The address and answers of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian and Luis Almagro, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay during the joint press conference

Armenia and Uruguay are thousands of kilometers away, but Uruguay is very close and friendly country for Armenia and the Armenian people. Uruguay is the first country which recognized the Armenian Genocide in 1965 and it’s not accidental that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay started his official visit to Armenia by visiting the Genocide Memorial.

The address and answers of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis

I am pleased to welcome my colleague from Lithuania – the Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, who is in Armenia on an official visit.

The answers of the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs voiced during the debates on the budget at the National Assembly

Question: Minister Nalbandian, I would like start from the denied bids. On the one side, we are saying that the Diplomatic Academy which was eventually established is needed for Armenia, the graduates of which after studying here and in Fletcher, come back, but the requirement of the law according to which they must be taken to a job at the Ministry, is not fulfilled. I am raising this issue not

Speech by H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Institute of International and European Affairs

It is my pleasure to be in the friendly Ireland and deliver a speech at the esteemed Institute of International and European Affairs. It is not so often that we have mutual visits to Dublin and Yerevan, but this does not decrease the warmth and friendly feelings both Armenians and Irish people emanate towards one another. The Irish proverb “what is seldom is wonderful" (An rud is annamh