Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, who is on a working visit in Canada at present, addressed the international conference titled "Creation of Possibilities for Development and Peace. Role of Diaspora" initiated by the UN and University for Peace, reports the RA MFA press office. Vartan Oskanian presented the Diaspora's activities in various states and the problems of its development. When touching upon the Armenia-Diaspora relations, the Minister remarked that the Armenian Diaspora renders assistance in two directions - economic (investments, philanthropy and financial transfers) and political (assistance in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, the Armenian Genocide recognition and the Armenian-Turkish relations).