Minister Oskanian delivered a statement during a panel entitled "European Neighborhood Policy: The End Game." Minister Oskanian specifically stressed the importance of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) for development, stability and peace in the region. "What European structures have done is invaluable. In Europe's search for peace, stability and prosperity for itself, it has rightly decided to enhance rule of law, democracy and economic development to those who live at its borders. We share these values and we want them to take root in our societies - for our own sake, not just for Europe's."

"Looking at it from the inside out, the Neighborhood Policy has facilitated, encouraged, rewarded reforms. In Armenia, those reforms are irreversible and already showing remarkable results. We are going to move now to second generation reforms in order to continue to register successes in the second half of this decade," he continued.

The Minister expressed hope that ENP implementation by the three South Caucasus countries will facilitate regional cooperation as well. Regarding the Nagorno Karabakh conflict specifically, the Minister said, "We are at a critical stage now. On the one hand, there is a sound and balanced document on the table which is the result of two years of work by all parties, and many of those principles have already been agreed to. There are a few left to address, but we are hopeful that there, too, agreement can be found. On the other hand, there is increasing Azerbaijani intransigence commensurate with their accumulation of oil wealth, there is the illusion that time is working to their advantage, and that there is always a possibility of a military solution." Minister Oskanian continued and said this is extremely dangerous, because first, it can indeed become a self-fulfilling prophecy, and second, this public rhetoric is effecting perceptions inside Azerbaijan and making it difficult to reach a compromise resolution. The minister reiterated the view that there is no military solution to this conflict and the only way forward is through mutual compromise on the basis of the current document.