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

Welcoming address by Edward Nalbandian, RA Minister of Foreign Affairs, President of the Armenian National Commission for UNESCO

Only political and economic factors are not sufficient on the road of building lasting peace between peoples and states. In this regard the cultural factor is of not less importance. During the passing period UNESCO made considerable efforts aimed at the preservation of cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue, cultural heritage and strengthening of inter-civilization solidarity.

Address of Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian at the opening session of the Rose-Roth seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Armenia is in favor of the “principle of cooperative security” and realizes it in practice. Being an active member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, we at the same time are a trusted partner for NATO. We are also in favor of the development of maximally multidimensional cooperation between different defense, security structures as we are convinced that a higher and envisa

Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimian received NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security

On April 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimian received Ambassador Marriët Schuurman, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security.

Foreign Minister of Armenia participated in the session of Collective Security Treaty Organization Foreign Ministers’ Council

On April 2, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian participated in the session of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers’ Council.

"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.

Foreign Minister presented the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2014

In 2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, based on the foreign policy guidelines and assignments outlined by the President of Armenia, continued its activities aimed at the strengthening of the country's external security component, maintenance of external favorable conditions and guaranties for the development of the country; increase of the number of Armenia’s friends on various cont

Minister for Foreign Affairs received NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia

The sides attached significance to the continuation of NATO-Armenia political dialogue, effective participation in international peacekeeping operations, the reform process in the RA Armed Forces, cooperation in the field of emergency prevention.