On 12 February, Minister Oskanian participated in the 41st Munich Conference of Security Policy. The keynote speakers at the Conference were Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, Horst Koehler, Germany's President, Gerhard Schroeder Chancellor, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General, Donald Rumsfeld, US Defense Seretary and others.

This important international forum stressed the need for conflict resolution through dialogue. In this framework, the participants referred to the Middle East peace process and shift of priorities due to the changes in US Administration.

More than 250 high-ranking officials and politicians attending the Conference also reflected on the future of NATO and its leadership in the context of foreign policy and security doctrines currently taking shape in Europe and discussed the impact of developments in the Ukraine and Georgia on integration processes taking place in the post-Soviet space.

In the outskirts of the Conference, Minister Oskanian had bilateral meetings and discussions with Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General, Antanas Valionis, Lithuania's Foreign Minister, Bernd Mutzelburg, Director General, Foreign Policy and Security Advisor, Federal Chancellery, Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Michael Schaefer, Germany's Foreign Office Political Director.