Statement by Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia at Chatham House

pictures Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you here today. I look forward to what is always an interesting dialog. In preparing my thoughts for this evening, I looked over my talk here at Chatham House in 1999. I suppose I knew, but those notes, black on white, drove home the point that the world is a different

Globalization in the Context of ArmeniaՉs Foreign Policy Armenia on the Way to Europe International Conference

By Rouben Shugarian, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Armenias globalization started right after she proclaimed her independence, when the countryՉs secessionist aspirations and ambitions had been satisfied. Alongside with the Baltic countries, Armenia was in the front-line of the break-away movement from the USSR. T

STATEMENT by H.E. Mr. VARTAN OSKANIAN Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia AT THE UNESCO 32d GENERAL CONFERENCE

Mr. President, Mr. Director General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Congratulations to you Mr. President, on your election, and we wish you success in this special task. I welcome East Timor to the UNESCO family. I would also like to welcome the US delegates. Their return reinforces this organization&s

STATEMENT by H.E. Mr. VARTAN OSKANIAN Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen: We thank Jan Kavan for his work, and we welcome Mr. Julian Hunte in the difficult year that awaits him. At the beginning of this millennium, a summit of the world’s leaders produced a set of development goals aimed at protecting

Minister Delivers Speech at OSCE Xenophobia Conference

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished guests Excellencies, It is not only a pleasure and a privilege to address this gathering but it is also a challenge. The challenge of course is that tolerance, intolerance and discrimination, racism and xenophobia are complex phenomena, with legal, ethical, cultural, social and economic dimensi

STATEMENT BY VARTAN OSKANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AT THE DECENNIAL ANNIVERSARY SUMMIT OF THE BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Excellencies, Mr. Secretary-General, Ladies and gentlemen, At the outset I would like to express our gratitude to President Sezer and the Turkish Government for organizing this historic reunion, exactly a decade from the day when the decision was made to establish the Organization of the Black Sea Econom

Remarks by Rouben Shugarian, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia at the Stockholm International Forum "Truth, Justice and Recon

Honorable Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, distinguished participants, A restless quest for historical truth and justice, and political pragmatism are by no means antidotes. Genocides, holocausts and other crimes against humanity will always remain unabsolved until and unless there is an understanding that, on the one hand, denial

Address to the UN Human Rights Commission 58th Session by Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

Mr. Chairman Madame High Commissioner Distinguished Delegates Let me first share the confidence expressed by previous speakers that, under the skillful guidance of Ambassador Yakubovsky, the work of the 58th session of the Commission will be carried out successfully. Let me also take this opportunity to pay tribute to t

MEDIAMAX INTERVIEW WITH VARTAN OSANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Q. Minister, what is your assessment of Armenian-Turkish relations today? Is there any activity? A. It is unfortunate, but true, that Armenian-Turkish relations today are - if we don't say non-existent - then completely unsatisfactory. I say unfortunately because today those relations could have been on a wholly different pla

S T A T E M E N T BY HIS EXCELLENCY VARTAN OSKANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

Mr. Chairman, Thank you. I would like to congratulate Lord Robertson on his appointment as NATO Secretary General. I would also like to join the others in welcoming Ireland in Euro-Atlantic Partnership Community. This partnership has truly played significant role in the past. It has, at the beginning of the 21st century, the necessar