FRENCH AMBASSADOR’S FAREWELL VISIT TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 23 2006

October 23, 2006 Chairman of RA National Assembly Tigran Torosyan
received the Ambassador of France Henry Cuny on the occasion of
completion of the latter’s mission in Armenia.

Thanking for the productive cooperation during the five years of
his tenure in office Mr. Cuny said these have been interesting and
important. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of development of
Francophone in Armenia, since pan-European values lie in the basis
of it, and with the development of Francophonic values the way to
European integration becomes shorter.

During the meeting the parties referred to the bill recently
adopted in the French Parliament. At the request of the Ambassador,
NA Chairman presented his impressions form the adoption of the bill
and the reactions that followed. Citing the words once uttered by the
President of France Jacques Chirac – "they lost the best opportunity
to keep silent" – Mr. Torosyan characterized the behavior of those
organizations, which have condemned the decision of the French
National Assembly.