Armenian Foreign Minister Meets UN Secretary General

01 October, 2012

On October 1 Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian had a meeting with Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations.

Welcoming Armenian Foreign Minister, the UN Secretary General asked Minister Nalbandian to convey his greetings to the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and mentioned that Armenia is distinguished with its active foreign policy.

Upon the request of the UN Secretary General, the Armenian Foreign Minister presented the current stage of the negotiations over the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh.

Edward Nalbandian highly assessed the unequivocal reaction of the UN Secretary General and other structures of the Organization.

In the course of the meeting, Edward Nalbandian and Ban Ki-moon exchanged views on the problems facing the UN, reforms of the Organization and implementation of the goals of Millennium Development and Sustainable Development. Under the auspices of Copenhagen and Dubai Summits, the UN Secretary General stressed the importance to sign an agreement on climate changes until 2015.

The interlocutors touched upon the implementation of proposals on Armenian Universal Periodic Review.

Ban Ki -moon expressed satisfaction with the support provided by the Armenian authorities to the activities of the UN office in Armenia.

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