Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan received the newly appointed Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See

Congratulating the newly appointed Nuncio, Foreign Minister wished to Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt all the success in his important mission. Foreign Minister underlined that Armenia and the Holy See have an extensive agenda, a dynamic and consistent dialogue both in bilateral and international formats, and Armenia is determined to continue the joint steps towards deepening this coope

Armenian National Commission for UNESCO held its session chaired by the Foreign Minister

At the opening of the session, Edward Nalbandian summarised the activities of the National Commission for UNESCO in 2016-2017, touched upon the steps to be taken with the aim of further deepening the involvement of Armenia within the UNESCO, and the programmes planned for 2018-2019.\r\n

The remarks and answers of Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian to the questions of journalists at the joint press conference with Sven Mikser, Foreign Minister of Estonia

We agreed to intensify our cooperation within international organisations, as well as to hold regular consultations between the two Foreign Ministries. We discussed a number of regional and international issues, such as the fight against terrorism, refugees, migration flows, which are being faced not only in Europe, but in other regions, too. We also touched upon the situation in the Middle East,

Comment by Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan on the 25th anniversary of Maragha tragedy

The impunity for atrocities committed in Maragha encouraged the continuation of perpetration of new crimes in an atmosphere of complete permissiveness. The barbarism committed by the Azerbaijani armed forces during last April aggression against Artsakh undeniably prove that. \r\n

Annual Report of the activity of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Armenia in 2016 was summarised

Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia, presented the results of the implementation of the priority tasks and the plan of actions of 2016.

Meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Grand Chancellor of Sovereign Order of Malta

On october 24, Edward Nalbandian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, had a meeting with Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, the Grand Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sovereign Order of Malta, who arrived in Armenia within the delegation of Fra Matthew Festing, the Prince and Grand Master of Sovereign Order of Malta.

Foreign Minister participated in the session of Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States

From the years of establishment, the Commonwealth of Independent States set forth its role in economic, cultural-scientific, political and other processes, however, not always living up to the expectations. Prevention of negative expressions has not been achieved on a range of fundamental issues, including in security. The Nagorno-Karabakh issue is one of the vivid expressions.

Members of the “Welcome to Armenia” Diplomatic Association visited UWC Dilijan International College

Natalia Nalbandian noted that she invited the Members of the Association to provide them an opportunity to see those good and positive things that exist in our country. She also expressed hope that the number of such projects and initiatives should increase as they play a significant role in the development of small cities, as well as in strengthening Armenia’s positions in education field i

Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie will be held in Armenia

On October 10-11, the 31st session of the Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) will be held in Yerevan, Armenia.

Foreign Minister of Armenia had a meeting with the Secretary-General of La Francophonie

On October 2, in Paris Edward Nalbandian, the Foreign Minister of Armenia, had a meeting with Michaëlle Jean, the Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie.\r\n