Statement by H. E. Vartan Oskanian

Mr. President Mr. Secretary General Dear Colleagues Mr. President, We warmly welcome you to your position and we know we will enjoy working with you. And to the outgoing President, our special thanks for his engagement and contribution to our work. Mr

Ultimate Crime, Ultimate Challenge

On behalf of the National Commission, I wish to publicly express our sincere appreciation to everyone who has participated in this conference. I want to thank the Zoryan Institute for their professional and organizational counsel. I especially wish to thank the scholars, writers, professors - all with serious work and time commitments

From the Near Abroad to the New Neighborhood…

By Rouben Shugarian, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Former Ambassador to the US The paradox of the South Caucasus/Black Sea present day regional identity is that less geography means more geo-politics. This is true not only in the context of general europeanization but also as far as the link

Speech by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian at the Conference on the Southern Caucasus- Political Challenges and Development Perspectives

I appreciate the opportunity to speak before you on our political challenges, on resolving conflicts and perhaps most importantly, on development. When I’m at the OSCE or at the Council of Europe, I speak with my foreign minister’s hat on. Here, in this more theoretical forum, I’d like to use the opportunity to speak

Speech by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian at the Conference on the Southern Caucasus- Political Challenges and Development Perspectives

I appreciate the opportunity to speak before you on our political challenges, on resolving conflicts and perhaps most importantly, on development. When I’m at the OSCE or at the Council of Europe, I speak with my foreign minister’s hat on. Here, in this more theoretical forum, I’d like to use the opportunity to speak

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 Gives Pre-Election Interview Armenia in the Region,  Interview with Mr. Vartan Oskanian, MFA by Vahan Hovhannisian, Journalist, H1 Television Or

Vahan Hovhannisian: Good evening; We weren't able to arrange a debate today, but the list of topics to be covered is quite clear, and I don't think our conversation will suffer as a result. Mr. Oskanian, during these 20-25 days, Armenia's foreign relations have not occupied a significant place in this campaign. There

Minister Oskanian Addresses John Smith Fellows

I wish to welcome you all here today. I want to thank the organizers for acknowledging the need to offer our young managers from the private and the public sectors, with the exposure necessary to provide better governance within our countries. I want to encourage the participants, too, to make the best possible use of their opportunity

An Exclusive interview by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian to the Mediamax Agency

- Mr. Oskanian, you met your Turkish counterpart Sukru Sina Gurel in New York recently. Despite the fact that the bilateral meetings were initiated at the beginning of this year, the meeting with Gurel was the first one after Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem's resignation. Can we say that regardless of the political changes in Armenia