Deputy Foreign Minister Avet Adonts participated in the Eastern Partnership Senior Officials Meeting in Brussels

On April 11, the semi-annual Eastern Partnership (EaP) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) took place in Brussels. In attendance were official delegations of the European Commission, the European External Action Service, Member States and Partner Countries. The Armenian delegation was headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister Avet Adonts.

Deputy Foreign Minister Garen Nazarian participated in the regular EaP Senior Officials Meeting in Brussels

On October 4, the Eastern Partnership Senior Officials Meeting took place in Brussels. In attendance were official delegations of the European Commission, the European External Action Service, Member States and Partner Countries. This was the first meeting of this very format summoned after the official launch of the revised architecture of the EaP.  

Statement by Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece

25 years ago the diplomatic relations were established between the newly independent Republic of Armenia and the Hellenic Republic. The regular high level visits gave new impetus to our partnership and outline the main areas of cooperation. In this regard I would like to highlight the visits of President Serzh Sargsyan to Greece in 2016 and the visit of President Karolos Papoulias to Armenia in 20

Foreign Minister of Armenia participates in the UNESCO General Conference

On November 1, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian participated in the 39th Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which started its work in Paris.\r\n

Statement by Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian at General Policy Debate of the 39th Session of the UNESCO General Conference

The education is a strongest tool for boosting the values that this Organization adheres to. It is regrettable that some states abuse the education for contrary objectives, exploiting it for dissemination of nationalist hatred especially among the youth. There are many such examples in the textbooks of Azerbaijan, one of them teaching the children that Armenians are their genetic enemies.

Inaugural meeting of special working group between Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Greece

On October 25, the inaugural meeting of the special working group between the Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Greece was held in Athens. The Armenian delegation was headed by Shahen Avakian, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, and Ioannis Amanatidis, Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece, headed the Greek delegation. Fadey Charchoghlyan, Ambassador of Armenia to Greece a

Statement by H.E. Mr. Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia at the Informal Ministerial Meeting of the OSCE

Trust and confidence are built when agreements are implemented. With this understanding Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh gave their consents to implement the mentioned high level agreements. Azerbaijan backtracked from those agreements as it had done with prior commitments many times before. This attitude of Azerbaijan questions its credibility for being a party to negotiations, which honours its agre

Foreign Minister of Armenia participated in the Informal meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Eastern Partnership

On July 10, in Chisinau, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian participated in the informal meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Eastern Partnership countries, attended by the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service Jean-Christophe Belliard.\r\n

Statement by Minister Nalbandian at the Informal Ministerial Meeting of Eastern Partnership in Chisinau

Armenia and the EU have finalized the Partnership Priorities for 2017-2020 and tomorrow in Yerevan we are going to start the talks on the Single Support Framework of the EU assistance to Armenia for the same period.

17th Armenia-European Union Cooperation Council was held in Brussels

The head of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Armenia briefed on the efforts of Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries towards an exclusively peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.