Answer by the Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan to a question by Radio Free Europe

After the bombing of the American Embassy in Nairobi in 1998, the American special agencies registered 60 phone calls of Osama bin Laden to the Baku.

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian receives the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations

On October 5, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Edmond Mulet, the UN Assistant-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations.\r\n

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian participated in “The Challenges Annual Forum 2015” meeting

On October 5, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian participated in “The Challenges Annual Forum 2015” organized by the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. Seyran Ohanian, Minister of Defense, Edmond Mulet, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, around 60 representatives from two dozen countries attended the event.\r\n

Remarks by Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia at the Ministerial event on the “OSCE Peace Operations”

“The attitude of Armenia towards peace-keeping missions can be tested by the geography of our engagement in such past and present missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mali. I would like to note that in four days Yerevan will host the international conference on peacekeeping operations, assisted by Edmond Mulet, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.\r\n

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia delivered a speech at the Ministerial event on the “OSCE Peace Operations”

On October 1, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian participated in a meeting in the UN Headquarters, New York, dedicated to OSCE peacekeeping missions, organised under the auspices of Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika – Switzerland, Serbia, and Germany.\r\n\r\n

Foreign Minister participated in the international conference on prevention of violence against religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East

On September 8, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, upon the invitation of the Foreign Minister of France Laurent Fabius, participated in the international conference on prevention of violence against religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East, in which high level delegations from around 60 states - foreign ministers, heads of international organizations, senior clerics, Deputy Secretary-G

Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimian received NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security

On April 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimian received Ambassador Marriët Schuurman, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security.

Joint session of NATO’s delegation and Interdepartmental Committee on implementation of Armenia-NATO IPAP took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

NATO’s delegation is in Armenia from March 2 through March 6 to assess the documents on the Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Actions Plan (IPAP) and Planning and Review Process (PARP) for 2014.

Foreign Minister presented the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2014

In 2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, based on the foreign policy guidelines and assignments outlined by the President of Armenia, continued its activities aimed at the strengthening of the country's external security component, maintenance of external favorable conditions and guaranties for the development of the country; increase of the number of Armenia’s friends on various cont

Minister for Foreign Affairs received NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia

The sides attached significance to the continuation of NATO-Armenia political dialogue, effective participation in international peacekeeping operations, the reform process in the RA Armed Forces, cooperation in the field of emergency prevention.