ARMENIAN LEADER, FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS TIES

Mediamax news agency
20 Feb 07

Yerevan, 20 February: Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, who is
on an official visit to Paris, has met French Interior Minister and
presidential candidate from the ruling UMP Party [Union for a Popular
Movement] Nicolas Sarkozy.

The meeting took place on 19 February, a Mediamax special correspondent
reported from France.

Apart from Armenian-French relations, Kocharyan and Sarkozy also
discussed international relations. The French interior minister also
inquired about the situation in the South Caucasus.

This was the first meeting between Kocharyan and Sarkozy, Mediamax
reported.