Deputy Foreign Minister Hovakimian delivered speech at the High-level conference Preventing Violent Extremism – The Way Forward

Ashot Hovakimian stressed, that unresolved conflicts may indeed create breeding ground for violent extremism particularly when state authorities use unresolved conflicts to suppress human rights both within and beyond their jurisdiction and propagate hatred against parties to the conflict at all levels of their society.

Reception on the occasion of the International Day of La Francophonie took place at the Foreign Ministry of Armenia

On March 24, reception on the occasion of the International Day of La Francophonie and official start of two-month Francophonie season in Armenia took place at the Foreign Ministry. Members of the National Assembly of Armenia, representatives of governmental agencies, local authorities, Ambassadors accredited to Armenia, Heads of French institutions operating in Armenia, officials responsible for

FM Edward Nalbandian’s answers to questions during the press conference on the MFA activities in 2015: Part 1

I think that the Co-Chairs’ position, approaches, statement on these resolutions came as no surprise to anyone. The Co-Chairs, being the only internationally-mandated mediation format on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, have stated on numerous occasions that the attempts to shift the discussions on this issue to other formats cannot contribute to the conflict resolution, but rather

Statement by Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia At the 22nd Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council

The blatant defiance to the proposals of the Co-chairs is not the only path through which Baku tries to undermine the peace process. It boasts about solving the conflict through the military buildup pumped by oil revenues and continues provocations on the line of contact with Nagorno-Karabakh and the borders with Armenia.

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

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.

"Supporting the Rights of Christians, particularly in the Middle East"

Dear colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,\r\nI would like to thank my Russian and Lebanese colleagues for this timely initiative to discuss the situation of Christian minorities in the Middle East.

Foreign Minister delivered speech at the discussion in Geneva on the protection of the rights of Christians in the Middle East

We should not be misled by the fact that the ongoing violence against religious groups, particularly Christians in Syria and Iraq, is being perpetrated in the very name of religion. What we are countering here are crimes against civilization perpetrated by ISIS, Al Nusra and other groups. Barbarism has declared a war against the civilized world.

Interview of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Shavarsh Kocharyan to Public TV Company of Armenia

Shavarsh Kocharyan: Indeed, that step by the President was a very clear message not only to the authorities of Turkey, but also to international community, to all those states, that were interested in normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations; those actions that Turkish authorities apparently undertake over recent period of time, i.e. wave of denial, that was raised on the very eve of the Centen