FRENCH BUSINESSMEN WHO ARRIVED IN ARMENIA WITH MAYOR OF MARSEILLES
INTEND TO PROMOTE BILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPEARTION
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. During the Yerevan meeting with the
mayor of Marseilles, senator Jean-Claude Gaudin, the Armenian president
Robert Kocharian appreciated the mayor’s consistent policy for the
benefit of Armenia and its people. According to information received
from the RA president’s press service, Jean-Claude Gaudin was one of
the first MPs to the discuss the issue of the Armenian Genocide at the
French Senate and played a considerable role in recognition of the
genocide by France.
The mayor stated he intends to strengthen the Armenian-French
friendship, expressing a desire to make every effort in this direction.
He said that a representative delegation of French businessmen has
arrived in Armenia with him with the aim of promoting the economic
cooperation and further developing the relations with the
French-Armenian chamber of commerce. The Armenian president pointed out
that several serious French companies are now operating in Armenia, and
the Armenian side is quite satisfied with their work.
While speaking about Armenian-French relations, Robert Kocharian
attached special importance to the powerful and well-organized Armenian
community of Marseilles, which, in the words of Jean-Claude Gaudin, has
integrated well into the society and made a great contribution to the
development of this city.