THE PRESIDENT IN PARIS

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
05 Nov 08
Armenia

Second day after his working visit to France President Serge Sargsyan
met with the country’s Prime Minister Francoise Fiyo. At the request
of the Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan represented Armenia’s stance
towards the recent developments taking place in the region, the
present situation of Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the details of
the trilateral declaration signed recently in Moscow, as well as
the actions tended to the improvement of Armenian-Turkish relations
and Armenia’s attitude towards it. During the meeting the two
parties discussed the projects realized in the framework of EU New
Neighborhood Policy, Armenia-European Union relations, issues linked
with bilateral economic cooperation, especially in the spheres of
energy, telecommunication, etc.

It is the 30th day that the Chairman of the French Senate Jerare
Larches is holding that post and RA President is the first country
leader to meet with him. During the meeting the two parties highly
appreciated the friendly relations between Armenia and France in
political, economic and cultural spheres. Serge Sargsyan stressed
the importance of developing the inter-parliamentary relations,
and expressed satisfaction for the existing high-level cooperation.

After his meeting with the French Prime Minister and the Chairman of
the Senate the RA President met with Sharl Aznavur.

During the second half of the day, yesterday the RA President met with
French President Nikola Sarkozy. The Presidents of the two countries
discussed a wide scope of issues concerning bilateral cooperation,
the present stage of the negotiation process on the settlement of
Karabakh conflict, Armenian-Turkish dialogue, and the recent events
that took place in the region.

The Presidents of Armenia and France expressed satisfaction for the
continuation of the warm relations between the two countries and
arranged to continue the touches on high level.

The leaders of the two countries stressed the special role of the
French-Armenian community in the consolidation of the friendship
between Armenia and France.

Yesterday evening the delegation headed by the RA President left for
Brussels from Paris.