In New York, Armenian and Lebanese foreign minister Vardan Oskanian and Mahmoud Hammoud discussed the situation in the Middle East and recent development of Palestinian-Israeli issue. Vardan Oskanian also had a meeting with his Cyprian counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides. The foreign ministers discussed the perspectives of the peaceful settlement of the Cyprian and Nagorno-Karabakh issues. Armenian foreign minister also had meetings with the foreign ministers of Bulgaria and Switzerland- Solomon Passy and Joseph Joseph Deiss.