Edward Nalbandian chaired the High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants

On September 19, Edward Nalbandian, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is participating in the activities the 71th regular session of UN General Assembly in New York, chaired the first session of UN Summit to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants.

Statement by Edward Nalbandian at the High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants

Armenia is committed to making its utmost to address the issues of Syrian refugees, however no one State can manage such large movements on its own. We believe that greater international cooperation is needed to assist host countries. To this end, we welcome the adoption of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and believe that the full implementation of our collective commitments, pa

Statement by Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of Armenia at the High-level meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees

For years the war in Syria has ravaged the life of the Syrian people scattering hundreds of thousands of them throughout the region and beyond. Armenia has been among the first to strongly condemn the barbaric acts committed by “DAESH”, Al-Nusra and other terrorist groups, against ethnic and religious minorities, including our fellow Armenians and their cultural and religious heritage,

Foreign Minister of Armenia participated in the High-level meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees

On March 30, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian participated in and delivered a statement at the High-level meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees, opened by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Ministers, high-ranking delegations and Heads of numerous international organizations from nearly 4 dozen states attended the meeting.\r\n

FM Edward Nalbandian’s answers to questions during the press conference on the MFA activities in 2015: Part 1

I think that the Co-Chairs’ position, approaches, statement on these resolutions came as no surprise to anyone. The Co-Chairs, being the only internationally-mandated mediation format on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, have stated on numerous occasions that the attempts to shift the discussions on this issue to other formats cannot contribute to the conflict resolution, but rather

Foreign Minister participated in the international conference on prevention of violence against religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East

On September 8, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, upon the invitation of the Foreign Minister of France Laurent Fabius, participated in the international conference on prevention of violence against religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East, in which high level delegations from around 60 states - foreign ministers, heads of international organizations, senior clerics, Deputy Secretary-G

"Supporting the Rights of Christians, particularly in the Middle East"

Dear colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,\r\nI would like to thank my Russian and Lebanese colleagues for this timely initiative to discuss the situation of Christian minorities in the Middle East.

Foreign Minister delivered speech at the discussion in Geneva on the protection of the rights of Christians in the Middle East

We should not be misled by the fact that the ongoing violence against religious groups, particularly Christians in Syria and Iraq, is being perpetrated in the very name of religion. What we are countering here are crimes against civilization perpetrated by ISIS, Al Nusra and other groups. Barbarism has declared a war against the civilized world.

Answers of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian during the annual press conference on the activities of the Foreign Ministry during 2013

Hasmik Harutyunyan (Armenpress news agency):\r\n– Mr. Minister, my question is about the Madrid principles. In Kazan when the mediators presented the document, Azerbaijan rejected it. So can we say that by this the Madrid principles became a past history, and whether there are any new principles for the conflict settlement based on which the negotiations are conducted? Thank You.

THE FOREIGN MINISTER PRESENTED THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2013

In 2013 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, based on the foreign policy guidelines and assignments outlined by the President of Armenia, continued its activities aimed at the strengthening of the country's external security component, maintenance of external favorable conditions and guaranties for the development of the country; increase of the number of Armenia’s friends in various cont