Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian in Netherlands

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Press Release

28 January 2007
Contact: M. Hakhverdian

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian in The Netherlands

>From 29 to 31 January 2007 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr.
Vardan Oskanian will visit The Netherlands.

During his working visit Mr. Oskanian will meet the Foreign Minister of the
Netherlands Mr. Ben Bot. He will also have a meeting in Dutch Parliament
with the members of the Permanent Commission for Foreign Affairs of the
Parliament.

In the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael in The
Hague Mr. Oskanian will deliver a speech entitled "Diplomacy of Small
States". In his lecture, Mr. Oskanian will address the developments in
Armenia, both political as well as on a socio-economic level, in relation to
the European Union and within the context of the region.

On Tuesday 30 January Mr. Oskanian will participate in the signature of the
cooperation agreement between the Rotterdam International Film Festival and
the Yerevan International Film Festival Golden Apricot.

Mr. Oskanian will also meet the representatives of the Armenian community of
the Netherlands.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS