PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ARMENIA TO UN, AMBASSADOR KAREN NAZARIAN HANDS OVER HIS CREDENTIALS TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI MOON.

Noyan Tapan
Sep 12, 2009

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Permanent Representative of
Armenia to UN, Ambassador Karen Nazarian handed over his credentials
to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on September 10.

In the conversation following the solemn ceremony the sides touched
upon Armenia’s involvement in UN and its priorities, as well as the
cooperation between the RA government and UN Armenian Office.

K. Nazarian expressed satisfaction with the process of programs
implemented by different UN agencies and funds in Armenia and attached
importance to the participation of Armenia’s state establishments
and NGOs in 2010-2015 UN Development Program’s process.

UN Secretary General in his turn noted that the UN Armenian Office will
be guided in its activities by priorities for Armenia and Millennium
Development Goals.

According to RA Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information Department,
at the meeting the interlocutors also touched upon the negotiations
over the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and normalization
process of Armenian-Turkish relations.