An annual congress of the RA diplomatic corps took place in Yerevan September 27. Officials of the Armenian Foreign Ministry joined the Ambassadors and Consuls in discussion of Armenia's foreign policy priorities, regional processes, current state of affairs, new challenges and activities in international organizations. They also touched upon the Nagorno Karabakh peaceful process and the Armenia-Diaspora relations.

The diplomats met with Armenian President Robert Kocharian and Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan. September 28 they departed for NKR.