Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian started his official visit to China.

Foreign Minister of Armenia discussed the perspectives of development of bilateral relations with Chinese highest leadership. On September 10, by the invitation of Foreign Minister of China Yang Jiechi, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian arrived in Beijing with an official visit.On September 11, meeting between Foreign Ministers of Armenia and ChinaEdward Nalbandian and Ya

Exclusive interview of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to Mediamax

-     What do you think is a true value of the BSEC as a regional organization and how is it integrated in the world economic relations in the view of new global challenges? The Black Sea Economic Cooperation, one of the influential and representative organizations in the region, was launched in 1992 as an initiative bearing a specific responsibility for promoting m

Statement By h.e. mr. Arman Kirakossian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia At the 64th Session of the UN Economic and Social Commission for

Mr. Chairman, Ms. Executive Secretary, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me express on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Armenia our gratitude to the Royal Thai Government, Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, the Executive Secretary, and the Secretariat of the UN ESCAP for the excellent organization of the 64th   Session of the Commission and to wish efficient and productive wor

Vartan Oskanian’s Farewell Speech to MFA Staff

I asked that you all gather here today so I can say thank you – to all of you: To the diplomats who have worked with me for these 10 years, and longer. To the technical staff who have made our work here and abroad possible. To our ambassadors who have worked hard, against great odds, to maximally promote our interests.  We can all be proud of our work, and we can all feel sa

Minister Oskanian Meets with Jոn Kubis, Foreign Minister of the Slovak Republic and Chairman of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers

On February 25, 2008, Minister Oskanian received a delegation headed by Ján Kubiş, Foreign Minister of the Slovak Republic and Chairman of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. During the meeting, the two Foreign Ministers spoke about the presidential elections held in Armenia on February 19, 2008. The Slovak Minister informed his counterpart that the time for

Findings of monitoring of political programs broadcasted by private TV channels in the Republic of Armenia

The office of the Press Secretary of the President of the Republic of Armenia has for the third time monitored political broadcast of private Armenian TV channels. Along with channels traditionally broadcasting political shows, some other channels were monitored which do not have regular political programming, but have occasionally touched upon political topics. The monitoring was c

H.E. Mr. Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Addresses the students of the International Affairs Dept of Yerevan State Un

Thank you for giving me this opportunity today to speak with you. There is no more current theme today, in Armenia, than constitutional reforms. I¹m pleased to be addressing this theme with this audience today, because it is you students who will be affected by the changes which these amendments propose, and it is you who ca

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

STATEMENT BY Mr. VARTAN OSKANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA at the 7th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Blac

At the annual Black Sea Economic Cooperation meeting, held this year in Tirana, Albania, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian addressed the council of ministers of the 10 member countries. The Black Sea Economic Cooperation was founded in xx to encourage and facilitate economic cooperation among the countries in the Black

Edited Transcription of Talk by Mr.Vartan Oskanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

Indeed, I've been to many schools but the biggest school that I am going to now is my job. Truly, it has been very exciting to work five to six years as an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and now as Foreign Minister. These are historic times, and we are Present at Creation borrowing Dean Acheson's book title.