Oskanian to Depart for Strasbourg to Participate in CoE Committee of Ministers Session
May 18 Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will depart for Strasbourg to participate in the 166th Session of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, reported RA MFA press office. Within the visit framework Vartan Oskanian and the Foreign Ministers taking part in the session will meet with CoE Secretary General Terry Davis to discuss the status of Kosovo. Special Envoy of the U.N. Secretary-General for the Future Status of Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari will also be present at the meeting. Vartan Oskanian is also scheduled to meet with Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. May 19 the RA FM will address the session.
On the same day Vartan Oskanian will depart for the U.S. and Canada to meet with the Armenian communities of Los Angeles, Boston and Ottawa. He will discuss a wide scope of issues referring to the Armenia-Diaspora third forum scheduled for September 18-20. The Armenian Minister will return to Yerevan May 24.