AT SUGGESTION OF MAYOR OF YEREVAN, ARMENIAN KHACHKAR TO BE SET UP IN ARMENIAN PARK OF NICE IN NEAR FUTURE
Noyan Tapan
Nov 28, 2007
NICE, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. An agreement was
signed between Yervand Zakharian, the Mayor of Yerevan, who was in
Nice on an official visit between November 22 and 25, and Jaques Peira,
the Mayor of Nice, which envisages a close cooperation in the spheres
of education, health, culture, economy, to name but a few. According to
the made preliminary agreement, the health institutions of our capital
will receive technical assistance from the union of hospitals of Nice,
exchange and retraining programs of doctors will also be implemented.
During the meeting held in the municipality of Nice the Mayor of
Yerevan expressed tankfulness to his French colleague for a warm
reception, mentioning that the Armenian-French friendship has deep
historical roots. In the words of Yervand Zakharian, Anatole France
has called the friendship of our peoples a family one.
During the discussions the two mayors attached importance to the
necessity for developing the relations between Yerevan and Nice as
sister cities.
Issues concerning city transport were also discussed.
According to the information provided by the Information and Public
Relations Department of the municipality of Yerevan, the delegation
led by the Mayor of Yerevan, also visited the Saint Mariam Armenian
church in Nice, where they met with the representatives of the
Armenian community. Yervand Zakharian answered the questions of
the representatives of the Armenian community, introduced the
social-economic situation of Yerevan and the development tempos,
as well as the large-sclae construction work being implemented in
the capital.
The delegation also visited the "Garden of Armenia" park, which is
situated in the center of Nice, where, at the suggestion of Yervand
Zakharian, an Armenian khachkar (commemorative cross-stone) will
be set up in the near future. The Mayor took part in the opening
ceremony of the new exhibition of the Museum of Modern Art of Nice,
as well as in the operation of the New Year festival lighting of Nice.
The delegation returned to Yerevan on November 25.