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

Speech by His Excellency Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Armenia at the BSEC Conference

Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome you wholeheartedly to Armenia on the happy occasion of this Eighth Meeting of the BSEC Council of Foreign Ministers. As Armenia prepares to hand over the Chairmanship of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization, we can all look back

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

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

Address to the OSCE Permanent Council by Mr. Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

Mr. Chairman and Excellencies, Dear colleagues,  Mr. Chairman, Allow me first to thank you for extending this opportunity to me to address the Permanent Council on behalf of my country, the Republic of Armenia. There have been three Ministerials and one Summit since October 1998 when I last had the

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

STATEMENT ADDRESSED BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR. AHMET NECDET SEZER PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY AT THE MILLENNIUM SUMMIT

Return to Mr. Kocharian's Speech Mr. President, (Madame President)   We are privileged to have two prominent statesmen, one from the northern, the other from the southern hemisphere, co-chairing this summit. It is also a tribute to the United Nations to see the President of Namibia presiding over t

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

Statement by Vartan Oskanian The Minister of Foreign Affairs Of the Republic of Armenia At the UN General Assembly

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates: Mr. President, May I begin by congratulating you on your election as President of this 54th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. I am confident that the skills and vast experience you have acquired throughout your