SPEECH BY VARTAN OSKANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ՁPROSPECTS FOR REGIONAL AND TRANSREGIONAL COO

Allow me to welcome you to Armenia, and to welcome the effort being made by this conference, its organizers and participants to promote the continuation of regional dialog on basic issues facing our collective future. I have no doubt that whatever the future holds for the Caucasus, we are in it together. Here, even more than

STATEMENT BY Mr. VARTAN OSKANIAN

Allow me to begin by congratulating you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I am confident that this 55th session will be most effective and successful under your guidance. I would like to express our appreciation to your predecessor as well, Dr. Gurirab, for his skillful leadership. And, I welcome Tuvalu to the United Nations as a new member.

STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER QULIYEV DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR TABIBIAN TO THE SPECIAL PERMANENT COUNCIL

Thank you Madam Chairperson,   My delegation would like to join the others in welcoming the distinguished Foreign Minister of our neighbor Azerbaijan to Permanent Council. We did in fact listen very carefully, as we do and ought to do, since what our neighbors say, do and think are of great consequence and interest in my coun

DELEGATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

After a careful rereading of the Chairman's perception paper of the Charter for European Security (PC.SMC/48/99) this delegation would like to make the following comments addressed at the overall orientation of the draft. We will contribute more specific editorial suggestions as drafting activities progress. May we at the outset expr

Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Republic of Armenia

Your Excellencies, My Lords, Distinguished guests, ladies and gentleman. Please allow me to express my thanks for giving me the opportunity to present to you today certain perspectives from Armenia. I am honored to be here and to address such a distinguished group of individuals. I should also like to thank the British Armenian All

Edited Transcription of Talk by Mr.Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

Indeed, I've been to many schools but the biggest school that I am going to now is my job. Truly, it has been very exciting to work five to six years as an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and now as Foreign Minister. These are historic times, and we are Present at Creation borrowing Dean Acheson's book title.

Statement by Mr.Vartan Oskanian

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished representatives Here we are again, at an OSCE Ministerial, on a journey began long time ago, in Helsinki. The journey has not always been a smooth one, nor the achievements continuous or to everyone's liking, but they have been cumulative, and they have helped progress towards greater security and

Address by Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Of the Republic of Armenia At the Dinner Hosted by Mr. Daniel Tarschys Secretary General of the

We appreciate this opportunity to come to the Council of Europe. We consider this a significant forum in which questions dealing with democratisation, security and stability in Europe can be discussed. Ever since our independence we have tried to communicate our interest to become part of Europe, to participate in its evolution, to contribute

Address by Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs  of the Republic of Armenia To the Permanent Council Meeting of the OSCE

Mr. Chairman, distinguished representatives. First may I thank for your kind words welcoming me to this Council and I am truly honored to speak before this distinguished audience today. Mr. Chairman, We are at this moment witness to a precariousness that is not only characteristic of certain regions of the world but of Eur

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