On September 6, Minister Oskanian received Slovenia's Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current stage of the Nagorno Karabakh peace process. Minister Oskanian welcomed the interest of the OSCE Slovenian chairmanship and the OSCE Troika in the South Caucasus, as well as the efforts made by chairmanship for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

Minister Rupel and Minister Oskanian highlighted the effective co-operation between Armenia and OSCE Office in Yerevan in various spheres. The sides also discussed OSCE reforms, Armenia's constitutional reform process and the up-coming referendum in November when the reform package will be voted upon.

They also discussed prospects for peace in light of the recent meetings of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. During the press conference which followed the meeting, Minister Rupel expressed the hope that during the annual OSCE Ministerial Meeting, this year in Ljubljana, there may be a paragraph noting positive progress in the peace process.

Representatives of the OSCE chair countries last year and next year accompanied representatives of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry as the OSCE troika. Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office of OSCE, and Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin of the OSCE Yerevan Office accompanied the Chairman-in-Office during his visit.