October 1 - RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will leave for New York to participate at the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly.

Today morning RA delegation headed by Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan met with Yury Lujkov, the Mayor of Moscow.

On September 26 RA NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan received Mrs. Panayota Mavromikhali, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece, on the completion of the latter’s tenure of office.

On September 26, His Grace Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenian signed a joint communiqué:

The RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanyan will meet The Minsk Group Co-Chairmen - Yury Merzlyakov, Bernard Fassier and Matthew Bryza on 3 October in New York.

Concerned by the state of human rights and democracy as well as by threats to the lives and freedom of expression of journalists, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe called for a specific mechanism mandated to:

The United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) is visiting Armenia this week as part of its practical and technical assistance work to strengthen the ability of countries to fight terrorism.

Today RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan will leave for the Russian Federation for a two-day official visit.

Robert Simmons, the Special Representative of the NATO Secretary General for South Caucasus is arriving in Armenia on September 24 on a two-day working visit.

“Rehabilitation of statehood is a unique event in the history of Armenia. Our people expressed their will to build a free, democratic and prospering country through an independence referendum,” RA President Robert Kocharian said in his congratulating message.

RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan congratulated the Armenian people on the Independence Day,

“Independence is a high value which cannot be subjected to consideration or bargain. At the same time it is a great responsibility for the Armenians and it can be justified by everyday diligent and efficient work” said RA NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan in connection with the 16th anniversary of the RA Independence.

Let me extend my congratulation and blessing to the Armenian people on behalf of Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin on the occasion of the RA Independence Day, says the message of All-Armenian Catholicos Karekin II.

The reestablishment of our statehood was an exceptional historic event in the life of the Armenian people. The determination of our people to build a free, democratic and prosperous state was expressed during the referendum on independence.

The RA President Robert Kocharyan met the NKR newly appointed President Bako Sahakyan.

The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Victor Zubkov congratulated the RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan with the Independence Day of Armenia.

By the decision of the RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan, Nikolay Arustamyan was appointed as the RA Deputy Minister of Justice.

September 19 RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian received the Italian delegation headed by Umberto Ranieri, the President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Italy.

Today RA President Robert Kocharian received Mrs. Panayota Mavrimikhali, the Ambassador of the Republic of Greece, on the completion of her tenure of office in Armenia.

On September 17 RA President Robert Kocharian signed a decree on dismissing Gregory Harutyunyan from the deputy head of the RA National Security Service.

RA President Robert Kocharian received Minsk Group Co-Chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (RF), Mettew Bryza (USA), Bernard Fassier (France) and the Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

The process of reforms of the Ministry of Defense was under consideration today during working consultations at RA President's Office,

RA President Robert Kocharian paid a working visit to Batumi, the capital of Adjaria, September 15-16.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov has stated that the agreement by Armenia to the document on the table in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict negotiation process, can be a serious breakthrough in that process.