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No agreement on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE office in Yerevan reached
“Due to its extremely destructive stance Azerbaijan finds itself in a total isolation. The OSCE Chairmanship, participating States and the Secretariat support activities of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and it is solely Azerbaijan that abuses the OSCE principle of consensus, single-handedly blocking the decision on the continuation of activities ...
05/05/2017OSCE PA to deploy 80 observers to Armenia for June 20 elections
Some 80 observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) will deploy this week to Armenia for the 20 June early parliamentary elections. YEREVAN, June 16, /ARKA/ Some 80 observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) will deploy this week to Armenia for the ...
06/16/2021OSCE secretary general regrets closure of office in Yerevan
Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Lamberto Zannier said on Tuesday in Yerevan that he regrets the closure of the OSCE office in Armenia. YEREVAN, May 30. /ARKA/. Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Lamberto Zannier said on Tuesday ...
05/30/2017Armenia takes up 4-month chairpersonship in OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation
The United States passed March 24 the chairpersonship in the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) to Armenia for the next 4 months (April-August 2021), the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported. YEREVAN, March 25. /ARKA/. The United States passed March 24 the chairpersonship in the OSCE ...
03/25/2021OSCE embarking on Yerevan Office closure
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said Thursday that the Organization had to start the procedure of closure of the Office in Yerevan, since no consensus could be reached on the future mandate of the Office. YEREVAN, May 19. /ARKA/. OSCE Secretary ...
05/19/2017OSCE Troika urges Karabakh conflict sides to end all violence
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomed Serbia’s and Austria’s Foreign Ministers Ivica Dačić and Sebastian Kurz as well as the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier for an OSCE Troika meeting in ...
04/13/2016Armenia commended by OSCE for making progress in combating labor trafficking
Head of the OSCE Yerevan Office, Andrey Sorokin, commended today Armenian authorities for making progress in the fight against trafficking. Sorokin spoke at the presentation of an OSCE-supported pilot study that aims to improve the identification of forced labor ...
12/24/2015OSCE ready to step up efforts to help improve dialogue between Baku and Yerevan - OSCE Chairman-in-Office
The OSCE is ready to step up its efforts to help improve the dialogue between Baku and Yerevan, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said today at a joint press briefing with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan. ...
04/01/2022Zakharova: Russia, as co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group, supports this format for settlement of Karabakh conflict
Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented at a briefing on Thursday on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's statements that Baku will not allow the OSCE Minsk Group to continue dealing with the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. YEREVAN, January 20. /ARKA/. Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented at a briefing on Thursday on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's ...
01/20/2022Armenian FM: Azerbaijan violates international humanitarian law and rights of Armenian prisoners of war
... Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), on the destruction of the Armenian population and creation of Azerbaijani settlements instead, cannot be durable and lasting, Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan said today during a joint press briefing with the visiting OSCE Chairperson -in-Office, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde. YEREVAN, March 16. /ARKA/. A peace based on the destruction of peaceful settlements in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), on the destruction of the Armenian population and creation of Azerbaijani ...
03/16/2021OSCE chairman: talks on Nagorno-Karabakh should resume under OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
The talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should continue within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group for a full-fledged settlement, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Prime Minister, Minister of European and Foreign Affairs of Albania Edi Rama, said when opening the 27th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, TASS reported. YEREVAN, December ...
12/03/2020Armenia should early remove flaws revealed after parliamentary elections-OSCE secretary general
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zaner attached great importance to early removal of the flaws at the parliamentary elections, revealed by OSCE / ODIHR election observation mission, for enhancing public trust. YEREVAN, July 12. /ARKA/. OSCE Secretary ...
07/12/2012Observation mission ODIHR/OSCE starts its work in Armenia
Observation mission ODIHR/OSCE starts its work in Armenia, said the Head of Mission Radmila Sekerinska on Thursday in the press-conference. YEREVAN, March 22. /ARKA/. Observation mission ODIHR/OSCE starts its work in Armenia, said the Head of Mission Radmila Sekerinska on ...
03/22/2012Armenian Foreign Minister meets with French co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group amid controversial statement by Russia's Lavrov
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan received today the French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil. YEREVAN, April 11. /ARKA/. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan received today the French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil. The OSCE Minsk Group is the only internationally mandated format ...
04/11/2022OSCE calls on Azerbaijan, Armenia to refrain from use of force and engage in dialogue
The OSCE calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to refrain from the use of force and to engage in a meaningful dialogue to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Bartosz Kempinski, a spokesman for OSCE Chairman-in-Office Zbigniew Rau, said when asked by Armenpress ...
01/12/2022OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs call for full and prompt departure of all foreign mercenaries from Nagorno-Karabakh
The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries welcome the cessation of military activities in the area of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in accordance with the statement by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, ...
12/03/2020Azerbaijan’s aggression along Armenia’s board discussed at OSCE
The OSCE Permanent Council has discussed the aggression of Azerbaijan in the north-eastern direction of the Armenian border. According to the press service of the ministry of foreign affairs of Armenia, a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council took place in ...
07/17/2020Tsereteli reaffirms his organization’s position, which consists in reaching peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Tuesday OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli, the press office of the Armenian government reports. The prime minister said that OSCE is an important partner for Armenia not only in terms of bilateral cooperation, but also because the Minsk Group ...
11/27/2019Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders accept Minsk Group co-chairs’ proposal to meet soon under their auspices
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on 20 February and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ...
03/01/2019OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs hope that dialogue between Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders on Karabakh conflict will resume
On the occasion of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Milan, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (the Russian Federation, the United States of America, and France) and the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab ...
12/06/2018Armenia reaffirms intention to step up cooperation with OSCE
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has reaffirmed today Armenian government’s decision to step up cooperation and constructive dialogue with the OSCE and its member countries as he met with an OSCE delegation led by Veronique Roger-Lacan. YEREVAN, June 18. /ARKA/. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has reaffirmed today Armenian government’s decision to step up cooperation and constructive dialogue ...
06/18/2018OSCE Minsk Group strongly condemns outbreak of unprecedented violence along line of contact in Karabakh
In a statement issued today the representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group countries (Russian Federation, the United States of America, France, Belarus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Turkey), as well as the incoming Austrian OSCE Chair (2017) and the Serbian OSCE Chair (2015), strongly condemned the outbreak ...
04/05/2016OSCE should control election as free observer, MP says
The OSCE should control the forthcoming presidential election as a free observer, said ARF (Armenian Revolutionary Federation) Dashnaktsutiun Member, MP Hrair Karapetian. “Observers from one country should not prevail over others,” he said. YEREVAN,...
10/27/2007OSCE Chairpersonship stands ready to facilitate dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, held two separate telephone conversations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs ...
08/11/2023Armenia ready to proceed to unblocking of communications once Azerbaijan agrees that all roads should operate in full respect of Armenia’s sovereignty
Speaking at the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council in the Polish city of Łódź on December 1, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said YEREVAN, December 2, /ARKA/. Speaking at the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council in the Polish city of Łódź on December 1, Armenian ...
12/02/2022Armenia PM, U.S. OSCE Minsk Group co-chair discuss launch of Armenian-Azerbaijani talks on peace treaty
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received today the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Andrew Schofer, the government press office reported. YEREVAN, April 18. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received today the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Andrew Schofer, the government press office reported. ...
04/18/2022Pashinyan and French co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group discussed situation in Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received on Thursday French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil, the government press office said. YEREVAN, April 15. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received on Thursday French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil, the government press office said. ...
04/15/2022French co-chairman states Paris' interest in preserving OSCE MG format for settling Karabakh issue
The Secretary of the Armenian Security Council Armen Grigoryan received the French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil on Monday and stressed the need for a comprehensive and lasting settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under the auspices of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. YEREVAN, April 11. /ARKA/. The Secretary of the Armenian Security ...
04/11/2022Armenian FM presents situation on border with Azerbaijan to OSCE secretary general
On December 2, within the framework of the 28th OSCE Ministerial Conference, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan held a meeting with OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid. YEREVAN, December 3. /ARKA/.On December 2, within the framework of the 28th OSCE Ministerial Conference, Foreign Minister ...
12/03/2021Ambassador: France, Russia and U.S. working on long-term agreement on Karabakh
France, together with Russia and the United States (the three co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group) is working on a long-term agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh, the newly appointed French Ambassador to Armenia Anne Luyo said in an interview with Radio Azatutyun. YEREVAN, October 13. /ARKA/. France, together with Russia and the United ...
10/13/2021Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group expected to have meetings with Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in New York
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group from France, the Russian Federation, and the United States, who have been spearheading the OSCE's efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, will have a number of meetings in New York, Russian Deputy Foreign ...
09/22/2021Azerbaijan and its allies’ actions created new dangerous precedent for addressing conflict situations in OSCE responsibility area - minister
The actions of Azerbaijan and its allies created new dangerous precedent for addressing conflict situations in the area of responsibility of the OSCE, Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan said Thursday at OSCE foreign-ministerial meeting. YEREVAN, December 4. /ARKA/. The actions of Azerbaijan and its allies created new dangerous precedent for addressing conflict situations in the area ...
12/04/2020Armenia invites OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to visit region now
Armenia has invited the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to visit the region now. YEREVAN, September 30. /ARKA/. Armenia has invited the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to visit the region now. The proposal was made by the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the OSCE, Ambassador Armen ...
09/30/2020Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be high on OSCE new chairmanship’s agenda
... resolution efforts such as those of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Geneva International Discussions and related mechanisms, and the Transdniestrian Settlement Process will also be high on the Chairmanship’s agenda, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Albania’s Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Edi Rama, in his address to the Permanent Council in Vienna on January 9. YEREVAN, January 10, .ARKA/. Conflict resolution efforts such as those of ...
01/10/2020Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair countries release joint statement on Karabakh
The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, Secretary of State to the Minister for European and Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and ...
12/05/2019Azerbaijani side did not lead OSCE mission to its front-lines
On February 7, 2017, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR), the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, in the direction of the NKR Hadrut region, to the north of Horadiz. YEREVAN, February 7, /ARKA/. On February 7, 2017, ...
02/07/2017OSCE Mission to conduct Thursday regular monitoring on Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line
On January 12, 2017, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the direction of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s Martuni region, north-east of Ashaghy Veysali settlement, the OSCE ...
01/11/2017OSCE media freedom representative urges protection for journalists reporting on civil unrest in Armenia
At the end of the siege of police headquarters in Yerevan, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović sought reassurance on August 1 from the foreign minister of Armenia that journalists’ rights and safety during times of civil unrest would be protected, the OSCE Yerevan Office reported. ...
08/02/2016As OSCE chairing country Switzerland will work to improve political dialogue between South Caucasus countries
As an OSCE chairing country Switzerland will make all efforts to improve the political dialogue between the countries of the South Caucasus and strengthen measures to increase confidence in the region, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said at a special ...
07/02/2013President Sargsyan calls on OSCE to ignore political correctness when assessing Azerbaijan’s actions
President Serzh Sargsyan called today on OSCE countries to ignore the so called “diplomatic correctness” and give a true assessment of Azerbaijan’s actions following its parole of Ramil Safarov as he met with the OSCE ambassadors who are in Yerevan in the framework of a regional visit,...
09/07/2012OSCE secretary general: compliance with ceasefire regime necessary condition for settlement of Karabakh conflict
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, speaking Thursday at a joint news conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan, said that a strict compliance with ceasefire regime on the Armenia-Azerbaijan board and on the contact line in Karabakh ...
07/12/2012OSCE mission holds scheduled monitoring of line of contact in Askeran direction
On July 11, in accordance with the agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces' line of contact in the Askeran direction. YEREVAN, July 11. /ARKA/. On July 11, in accordance with the agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh ...
07/11/2012Sargsyan: Armenia to continue constructive activity in the frames of OSCE Minsk group
Armenia will continue constructive activity in the frames of OSCE Minsk Group in the context of peaceful solution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan in his congratulation letter on the occasion of establishment of OSCE Minsk Group , press-service of President’s Office informed ...
03/26/2012Armenia’s government should rectify shortcomings revealed by OSCE observers in presidential elections
Armenia’s Government should rectify the shortcomings recorded by OSCE observers in the presidential elections in Armenia, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland Ilkka Kanerva told a press conference. YEREVAN, February 26. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Government should rectify the shortcomings ...
02/27/2008OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for immediate humanitarian support to Karabakh Armenians and international involvement amid humanitarian crisis
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, expressing serious concerns, called for increased international support and humanitarian relief for the over 100,000 Karabakh Armenians that have found refuge in the ...
10/09/2023Yerevan to host autumn session of Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE
The Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE will hold its autumn session in Armenia's capital Yerevan in November 2023, Sargis Khandanyan, the chairman of the Armenian parliamentary committee on foreign relations and head of the Armenian Delegation to the OSCE PA, said on Friday. YEREVAN,...
07/14/2023United States calls on Azerbaijan and Russia to restore unhindered transit in Lachin corridor
... gravely concerned that the Lachin corridor has now been obstructed for more than 30 days, creating critical shortages of food, medicine, and other supplies in Nagorno-Karabakh, “these facts are indisputable,” the United States Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter said at the meeting of the Special Permanent Council in Vienna in response to Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan’s remarks, Armenpress news agency reported. YEREVAN, January 17./ARKA/. The United States is gravely concerned ...
01/17/2023OSCE Chairman-in-Office to pay separate visits to Armenia and Azerbaijan to help them engage in constructive and productive dialogue
The 2023 OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, held two separate telephone conversations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, and the Minister of Foreign ...
01/11/2023OSCE needs assessment team visits Armenian Syunik region
Members of the OSCE needs assessment team who are in Armenia from October 21 to 27 to assess the situation in certain areas of Armenia's border with Azerbaijan, visited a border settlement in Syunik region on October 23, the regional administration said. YEREVAN,...
10/24/2022U.S. deeply engaged in helping Armenia and Azerbaijan work toward comprehensive peace agreement - U.S. Ambassador to OSCE
"The United States remains deeply engaged in helping Armenia and Azerbaijan work toward a comprehensive peace agreement,' U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter told the OSCE Permanent Council Thursday. YEREVAN, Oct. 7. /ARKA/. "The United States remains deeply engaged in helping Armenia and Azerbaijan work toward a comprehensive peace agreement,' U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Michael ...
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