On 8 February, Minister Oskanian met with faculty and students of International Relations Department of Yerevan State University, in the framework of an established tradition of meetings with Armenia's future diplomats. The graduates of the Department presently account for about one third of the Ministry's staff.

In his speech, Minister Oskanian briefed the audience on the current geopolitics and challenges and highlighted several priority issues that would determine Armenia's development and prosperity in the next decade and ensure that the country becomes an equal member of the world community. He further stressed these goals required combined efforts and mobilized capacities of all parts of Armenia's society, including the government, the opposition, the civil society and the nation's entire creative potential in general.

Minister Oskanian further answered the students' questions, mostly related to international and regional developments, Nagorno Karabagh conflict, commemoration program for the 90th anniversary of the Genocide and Armenia - Turkey relations.

At the end of the meeting, the rector of Yerevan State University Radik Martirossyan thanked the Minister for the visit and stressed his personal contribution towards better cooperation between the University and the Ministry and awarded him the University's Gold Medal.