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The Armenian Foreign Minister’s trip to Kuwait19 November, 2012
On November 19 the official visit of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs to the State of Kuwait started. \r\nIn the morning, Edward Nalbandian was received by Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait. \r\n
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Welcoming speech of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian at the Conference dedicated to the launching of Armenia- Council of Europe Action Plan for 2012-201412 July, 2012
Distinguished Ambassadors and representatives of international organizations, distinguished participants of the Conference, I am pleased to welcome you on the occasion of the Conference dedicated to the launching of Armenia-Council of Europe Action Plan for 2012-2014.
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Press Conference of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Russia02 April, 2012
I am very pleased to welcome my Russian colleague, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, who is in Armenia on an official visit.\r\n\r\nWe often meet. Last year we had more than a dozen meetings, and this year it is already the fourth meeting. But this visit is of symbolic nature, as it is held in the days of the celebration of 20th anniversary of the establishme
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The visit of the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs to London13 July, 2011
On July 13, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian paid a visit to London.\r\nIn the capital of the United Kingdom Edward Nalbandian had a meeting with William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the UK and David Liddington, Minister of State for Europe.\r\n
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The comment of the Armenian Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Shavarsh Kocharian to the question by “News am”11 April, 2011
Question: Mr. Kocharyan, Today Azerbaijani President was surprised as of why the resolutions of the UN Security Council of 1993 on Nagorno-Karabakh have not been implemented up to now.
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Exclusive interview of the RA Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kovharian to the International News Agency "Novosti-Armenia"14 March, 2011
“Novosti-Armenia” – Mister Kocharian, can we say that there is a new situation in the settlement of Karabakh issue after the meeting of the Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia in Sochi? \r\nShavarsh Kocharian - Yes, you can, but after the Sochi statement, Azerbaijan stated that the peaceful settlement does not exclude military activities. That was the same situation as
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Interview of the Austrian daily Der Standard with Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign affairs of Armenia01 March, 2011
Standard: You have signed the Zurich protocols that aimed for the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia despite political protests in your country and within the diaspora around the world. How frustrated do you feel that Turkey has put the ratification on hold?
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The interview of the Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandian to the "Russian Today" TV30 January, 2011
Question: First of all, thank you for finding time for us. You know there is a Russian proverb that a poor peace is better than a good war. Do you agree with it? Can it be applied to this conflict?\r\n\r\nEdward Nalbandian: First of all, I would like to express my condolences on the many victims of terrorist attack at Domodedovo Airport. Surely it was an awful incident. We condemn this crime and g
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The Address of the Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandyan at the Annual Press Conference, Summarizing the Foreign Policy14 January, 2011
Based on the guidelines given by the President of the Republic, the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2010 were aimed at ensuring favourable external conditions for the development of the state, strengthen its image, raise the efficiency of the protection of Armenian and its citizens’ interests abroad, present Armenian approaches in the international arena, deepening the invol
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The opening speech by H.E. Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia during an international conference “The Crime of Genocide: Prevention, condemnation and elimination14 December, 2010
The prehistory of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide adopted by the UN on December 9, 1948 is related to the most tragic page in the history of the Armenian people. It was the absence of condemnation and elimination of consequences of the Armenian Genocide that made the young philologist Rafael Lemkin in 1921 ask his professor why the Armenians did not have th