PRIORITIES OF THE ARMENIAN CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

It is with distinct pleasure that today I am taking the floor as a Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the oldest and the most renowned organisation on the European soil.

The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs visited Australia

On August 12-13 Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian paid an official visit to Australia.\r\nOn August 13, the talks between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Australia Edward Nalbandian and Bob Carr took place in Canberra

The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs participated in the Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact held in Vienna

On February 16, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian attending the Third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Partners dedicated to the fight against opiates trafficking from Afghanistan. The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the high-ranking delegations of around five dozen countries attended the conference and delivered speeches.

STATEMENT by His Excellency EDWARD NALBANDIAN At the Paris Pact Third Ministerial Conference

I would like to join the previous speakers to thank the Government of Austria for hosting this important gathering and the Russian Federation and France for having taken the initiative for convening this conference.

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian’s address and answers to the questions of the journalists during the press conference on summarizing the year in foreign policy

Question: Mr. Minister, different media outlets report about the upcoming meeting of the Presidents of Armenia, Russian and Azerbaijan. To what extent do those news corresponded to the reality, and don’t you think it would be the last meeting in such a format? Thank you.

The Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian delivered a speech at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna Edward Nalbandian met with the OSCE Secretary General

On March 2, the official visit of the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to Austria continued. \r\nThe first working visit of Edward Nalbandian was with Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, the OSCE General Secretary. The interlocutors discussed issues concerning various spheres of the activity of the OSCE, as well as exchanged views on the reforms of the Organization. \r\n

Interview of the Austrian daily Der Standard with Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign affairs of Armenia

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?

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

Foreign Minister of Armenia continues his meetings in New York

On September 26, Foreign Minister of Armenia who is in New York with a working visit participated in the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s member states. Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states discussed several issues of the agenda – particularly, the coordination of foreign policy within the UN and other international

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