The interview of the Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandian to the "Russian Today" TV

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

Edward Nalbandian meets with the representatives of American Armenian community

The visit of Foreign Minister of Armenia to New York has been full of meetings with the representatives of American Armenian organizations. During the reception hosted in honour of Armenian Foreign Minister at the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America by the Primate Archbishop Khajag Parsamian, Edward Nalbandian presented to the representatives of the Armenian

Armenian Foreign Minister continues visit to Washington

On July 15, the second day of his visit to Washington , Minister Edward Nalbandian visited t he Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he delivered a speech on Armenian Foreign policy. In his speech Minister Nalbandian focused on the Armenian – US relations, issues of security and stability in South Caucasus, Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and Armenian – Turkish rela

Minister Nalbandian recieved Israeli Ambassador Ehoud Gol.

On 21st of May the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian recieved Israeli ambassador to Armenia Ehoud Gol.      Minister Nalbandian praised the development of the relations between the two countries. He stressed that Armenia is intended to continue the cooperation between our counties. Minister Nalbandian noted with satisfaction that recently a tendency of

New Ambassador of Egypt Presents His Credentials to Armenia’s Foreign Minister, Vartan Oskanian

On September 10,2007, the new ambassador of Egypt, Vahid El Din Ismail Galal, presented copies of his credentials to Minister Oskanian. Welcoming the ambassador, the minister wished him success in his mission. Minister Oskanian gratefully acknowledged the technical cooperation demonstrated by the Egypt Fund for Technical Cooperation with the CIS, European and Is

Ehoud Gol, Newly Appointed Ambassador of Israel, Presents Copies of Credentials to Minister Oskanian

On March 21, Minister Oskanian received Ehoud Gol, newly appointed Ambassador of Israel to Armenia, who presented copies of his credentials to Minister Oskanian. The Ambassador is resident in Jerusalem. During the ceremony, the Minister congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment and wished him good luck in his high mission. The two agreed to more actively cooperate in de

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

Statement by Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia at Chatham House

pictures Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you here today. I look forward to what is always an interesting dialog. In preparing my thoughts for this evening, I looked over my talk here at Chatham House in 1999. I suppose I knew, but those notes, black on white, drove home the point that the world is a different

An Exclusive interview by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian to the Mediamax Agency

- Mr. Oskanian, you met your Turkish counterpart Sukru Sina Gurel in New York recently. Despite the fact that the bilateral meetings were initiated at the beginning of this year, the meeting with Gurel was the first one after Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem's resignation. Can we say that regardless of the political changes in Armenia

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE CAUCASUS AND ARMENIA

Today, the world is witnessing and participating in the formulation of a new system. There is no bi-polar system any longer: it has been destroyed. Some think that that formulation has already taken place, but in reality, it does not exist. Today, we do not know whether we live in a uni-polar, multi-polar or some other kind of w