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.

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

Exhibition dedicated to the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide in Geneva

On April 16, opening ceremony of an exhibition entitled “Switzerland-Armenia: on the road of memory” was held at Château de Penthes Museum in the framework of events dedicated to the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide.

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian Participated in the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel

The first Genocide of the 20th century, the centennial of which will be commemorated next year, was perpetrated in the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian nation, under the cover of the First World War. It stands as a witness to what extent humanity can degrade in the absence of international system of protection of human rights and security.

Statement by H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia 21st Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council

I would like to extend my gratitude to the Chairman-in-Office, Didier Burkhalter and his team for their efforts and contribution to the activities of the Organization throughout the year, as well as to thank the Government of Switzerland for the hospitality and the good organization of the Ministerial Council.\r\n

The Address and Answers of the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian to the Questions at the Joint Press Conference with the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Ladies and gentlemen,\r\nI am glad to welcome my good friend and colleague, Foreign Minister of Germany Mr. Steinmeier, who is paying an official visit to Yerevan. Our last meeting was a few months ago, in June, when I was in Berlin. We have started our meetings some years ago and now we meet regularly. All our meetings are very effective and meaningful, as was today’s meeting.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia meets with the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE

On June 4 Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met Didier Burkhalter, the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, President of the Swiss Confederation, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, who arrived in Yerevan.

Foreign Minister received the Swiss Secretary of State of Foreign Ministry

On January 27 Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Yves Rossier, the Secretary of State of the Foreign Ministry of Switzerland, the current OSCE chairing country.

Answers of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian during the annual press conference on the activities of the Foreign Ministry during 2013

Hasmik Harutyunyan (Armenpress news agency):\r\n– Mr. Minister, my question is about the Madrid principles. In Kazan when the mediators presented the document, Azerbaijan rejected it. So can we say that by this the Madrid principles became a past history, and whether there are any new principles for the conflict settlement based on which the negotiations are conducted? Thank You.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia delivered a speech at the meeting of the Permanent Council of the OSCE

On June 6, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe Edward Nalbandyan who was in Vienna on a working visit, took part in the meeting of the Permanent Council of the OSCE and delivered a speech on the issues of the Council of Europe, cooperation between the Council of Europe and the OSCE and priorities of the Armenian Chairmanship in