Vartan Oskanian’s Farewell Speech to MFA Staff

I asked that you all gather here today so I can say thank you – to all of you: To the diplomats who have worked with me for these 10 years, and longer. To the technical staff who have made our work here and abroad possible. To our ambassadors who have worked hard, against great odds, to maximally promote our interests.  We can all be proud of our work, and we can all feel sa

Minister Oskanian responds to questions by "Arminfo" agency on the UN resolution on Karabakh, as well as the domestic situation

The resolution presented at the UN General Assembly by Azerbaijan was passed. How do you assess what happened and how will it change things? The actual passage of the resolution, I assess negatively. It was unnecessary, ill-timed, mean-spirited, both as a process and a product. But I'm satisfied with the number of countries that did not support it

Minister Oskanian Meets with Jոn Kubis, Foreign Minister of the Slovak Republic and Chairman of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers

On February 25, 2008, Minister Oskanian received a delegation headed by Ján Kubiş, Foreign Minister of the Slovak Republic and Chairman of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. During the meeting, the two Foreign Ministers spoke about the presidential elections held in Armenia on February 19, 2008. The Slovak Minister informed his counterpart that the time for

Minister Oskanian addresses Special Session of the OSCE Permanent Council

Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian addressed a special session of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The organization's 54 countries' representatives heard the Minister address such issues as OSCE reform, the work of the OSCE office in Yerevan, the upcoming parliamentary elections in Yerevan, the Nagorno Karabakh

Findings of monitoring of political programs broadcasted by private TV channels in the Republic of Armenia

The office of the Press Secretary of the President of the Republic of Armenia has for the third time monitored political broadcast of private Armenian TV channels. Along with channels traditionally broadcasting political shows, some other channels were monitored which do not have regular political programming, but have occasionally touched upon political topics. The monitoring was c

Speech by H.E. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs At the University for Peace Conference on Capacity Building for Peace and Development: Roles of Diaspora

In this conference of experts, I feel right at home. I am, by default, an expert on Diaspora. I was born in Syria, the heart of the Armenian Diaspora, came to the homeland for the first time as a Diasporan student -- and today, I am foreign minister of that homeland which has more of its nationals living in Diaspora, than at home. I appre

Statement by Vartan Oskanian On the occasion of the signing of the joint statements on the conclusion of consultations on the ENP Action Plan

We welcome the Finnish Presidency here, in the person of my friend, Erkii Tuomioja, the Finnish FM, and the representative of the European Commission, Torben Holze, representing Benita Ferrero Waldner who called to say she could not be here, because of local political commitments in Austria. Thanks also to Ambassador Terhi Hakala whose tireless

H.E. Mr. Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Addresses the students of the International Affairs Dept of Yerevan State Un

Thank you for giving me this opportunity today to speak with you. There is no more current theme today, in Armenia, than constitutional reforms. I¹m pleased to be addressing this theme with this audience today, because it is you students who will be affected by the changes which these amendments propose, and it is you who ca

From the Near Abroad to the New Neighborhood…

By Rouben Shugarian, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Former Ambassador to the US The paradox of the South Caucasus/Black Sea present day regional identity is that less geography means more geo-politics. This is true not only in the context of general europeanization but also as far as the link

Speech Delivered by Ambassador

Mr. Chairman, Allow me to deal with a rather sad and very disturbing subject. First the facts: Early in the morning of February 19th, at 4:45 am, an Armenian military officer was murdered in his sleep in Budapest, Hungary. The victim, Lieutenant Gourgen Margarian, 26 years old, was participating in a NATO sponsored Partners