Minister Oskanian Participates in the XVI Meeting of BSEC Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

On April 19, Foreign Minister Oskanian attended the meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers, held in Belgrade. The Foreign Ministers of Greece, Russia, Romania, Turkey, Azerbaijan, as well as high-ranking representatives of Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine also took part in the meeting. The Foreign Minister of Serbia opened the Ministe

Yerevan- Kosovo Videoconference held in Armenia

Within the framework of NATO Week in Armenia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan organized a Yerevan – Kosovo Videoconference especially for the soldiers in the Armenian peacekeeping division deployed in Kosovo, and their families in Yerevan. On March 16, 2007, nearly 60 friends and relatives of the 23 soldiers gathered in the Ministry’s P

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

Armeniens Aussenminister kritisiert die Türkei scharf und misst dem Schweizer Antirassismusgesetz hohe Bedeutung bei NZZ am Sonntag: Der Genozid an den Armeniern ereignete sich vor 90 Jahren - trotzdem ist er derzeit täglich in den europäischen Medien präsent. Wie erklären Sie sich dieses Phänomen? Vartan Oskanian: Weil die Tatsache, dass ein Vö

Statement by H. E. Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia 13th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council

It is 30 years since the Helsinki Final Act. The world and the purposes for which it was enacted are no longer with us. Yet the principles, norms and values of that document have endured the test of time, although the vehicles and instruments that have articulated and politically promoted and protected those fundamental principles of human rights

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

Minister Oskanian Addresses John Smith Fellows

I wish to welcome you all here today. I want to thank the organizers for acknowledging the need to offer our young managers from the private and the public sectors, with the exposure necessary to provide better governance within our countries. I want to encourage the participants, too, to make the best possible use of their opportunity

STATEMENT BY Mr. VARTAN OSKANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA at the 7th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Blac

At the annual Black Sea Economic Cooperation meeting, held this year in Tirana, Albania, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian addressed the council of ministers of the 10 member countries. The Black Sea Economic Cooperation was founded in xx to encourage and facilitate economic cooperation among the countries in the Black

Statement by Mr.Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairsof the Republic of Armenia Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council Ministerial Meeting

Distinguished Mr. Chairman, Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Government of Georgia, and personally to the Chairman-In-Office, H.E. Mr. Irakli Menagarishvili, for the warm hospitality extended to the Armenian delegation and for the excellent organization o

THE POLITICS OF PROMISES

The topic of this conference is regional cooperation and regional integration. Regional cooperation is like motherhood--no one is against it. But like the weather, no one seems to be able to do anything about it. We begin with different approaches to regional cooperation today. If I understand the positions of the three republics, the f