ARMENIAN NA SPEAKER MEETS WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 23 2006

YEREVAN, October 23. /ARKA/. Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Tigran
Torosyan held a meeting with the outgoing French Ambassador to Armenia
Henry Cuny.

During the meeting Ambassador Cuny thanked Speaker Torosyan for
efficient cooperation.

"Leaving Armenia, I do not to bid it adieu," Cuny said. He added that
working in Slovakia he will continue contributing to the implementation
of education programs.

The French Ambassador called his 5-year diplomatic activities
interesting and important. During this period he has made many
friends. Ambassador Cuny pointed out the importance of developing
Francophony in Armenia, because it is based on European values.

Therefore, it makes the way on European integration shorter.

In his turn, Speaker Torosyan stressed that the Ambassador Cuny’s
diplomatic activities are marked by the irreversibility of Armenia’s
return to the European family.

Torosyan pointed out Cuny’s contribution to the dissemination of the
French language and culture in Armenia. "Henry Cuny is leaving good,
but complex, heritage for his successor. The new Ambassador will have
to maintain and develop the current achievements," Torosyan said.