ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT TO FRANCE CONTINUES

ARMENPRESS
Oct 26, 2007

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, ARMENPRESS: The government press office in Yerevan
said on October 25 prime minister Serzh Sarkisian began the second day
of his official visit to France with a meeting with Serge Chourouk,
the ethnic Armenian president of the administrative board of Alcatel
company for a discussion of Alcatel’s activity in Armenia.

The press office said both men agreed that Alcatel has to play a
bigger role in various sectors of Armenian economy. Serge Chourouk was
said to have pledged to be more specific in suggesting new projects
for Armenia.

Serzh Sarkisian had a meeting also with his French counterpart Francois
Fillon. The Armenian prime minister was said to highly appreciate the
friendly Armenian -French relations, describing them as "brilliant,
" especially in political, cultural and local self-governance fields.

He noted that the economic relations between the two countries are
also improving, saying also that as a country with powerful economic
capacities France can play an essential role in the development of
Armenia’s economy.

The two prime ministers also spoke about stability in the Caucasus,
the process of the Karabakh conflict settlement in the framework
of the OSCE Minsk Group, the forthcoming presidential elections in
Armenia and a number of other issues of reciprocal interest.

The French prime minister accepted Sarkisian’s invitation to visit
Armenia.

Sarkisian met also the same day with Patrick Devedjian, secretary
general of the governing Union for Democracy party. Today Sarkisian
was expected to meet with president Nicolas Sarkozy.