H.E. Dr. Arman Kirakossian, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Head of the Armenian Delegation at the 78th meeting of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Mr. Chairman,\r\nDistinguished members of the Committee,\r\nLadies and Gentlemen,\r\n\r\nIt is a great honour for us to participate at this meeting on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Armenia. We are grateful for the opportunity to provide the Committee with further information on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. \r\n

Speech of H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Committee of Ministers 119th meeting

Mr. Chairman, As we mark 60 years of the Council of Europe we look back at those really special years – for the first time in their history, peoples of Europe were united around developing and consolidating shared values of democracy, human rights and rule of law. This process became truly irreversible within the past two decades when a fundamental transformation in our continent cr

Statement by H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, at the 35th session of UNESCO General Conference

Distinguished Mr. President, Distinguished Director General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I would like to congratulate Ms. Irina Bokova, on her upcoming election as Director-General of UNESCO. I am confident, that with her leadership this distinguished forum will make a remarkable step forward in achieving major goals of this Orga

Statement by H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia at the General Debate of the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly

I would like to warmly welcome you, Dr. Treki, on your election as President of the 64th session of the General Assembly and express our readiness to work with you to achieve the ambitious agenda that is ahead of us during this session. I would also like to extend our thanks to the outgoing President, Mr. Brockmann for his hard work during the previous session.

Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian started his official visit to China.

Foreign Minister of Armenia discussed the perspectives of development of bilateral relations with Chinese highest leadership. On September 10, by the invitation of Foreign Minister of China Yang Jiechi, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian arrived in Beijing with an official visit.On September 11, meeting between Foreign Ministers of Armenia and ChinaEdward Nalbandian and Ya

Introductory Address on Subtheme 3 Building a More Humane Europe By H. E. Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia At the 115th Session of the Committee of Ministers Co

Mr. Chairman, I am privileged to speak on one of the four political priorities on which the heads of state and government had said they would like to see concrete progress for this ministerial session. BUILDING A MORE HUMANE EUROPE – this has been Europe’s intention all along. Assuring the well-being and dignity of human

STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. VARTAN OSKANIAN

Mr. President, Congratulations on your election, and we look forward to working with you as we have with President Omolewa. Congratulations also to the Director-General with whom we look forward to working for a long time to come. At a time when the world is faced with new types of violence and must therefore seek new w

Statement by H. E. Vartan Oskanian

Mr. President Mr. Secretary General Dear Colleagues Mr. President, We warmly welcome you to your position and we know we will enjoy working with you. And to the outgoing President, our special thanks for his engagement and contribution to our work. Mr

Statement by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian in Armenian National Assembly hearings on resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh issue

Thank you. I welcome this opportunity to discuss aloud and together the history, development, present situation and future prospects for the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh issue. I believe the idea is both good and timely. I believe that such joint, public explorations are useful and should facilitate a healthy civic debate on premises

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