ARMENIA THANKS FRANCE FOR 1988 EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.12.2008 15:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met Monday
with members of the National Assembly of France, Chairman of the
France-Armenia Friendship Group Francois Rochebloine and Vice-Chairman
Rene Rouquet, who have arrived in Armenia to attend commemoration
events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the 1988 earthquake,
the RA leader’s press office told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Thanking France for the earthquake relief efforts, President Sargsyan
hailed the activities of the French parliamentarians and informed that
he has signed a decree to award Francois Rochebloine and Rene Rouquet
with the Order of Honor for the aid they rendered to Armenia after
the devastating earthquake of 1988 and for their continued efforts
for strengthening friendly relations between the peoples of Armenia
and France.

Receiving the award Mr. Rochebloine said it encourages him for greater
efforts while Mr. Rouquet described the award as acknowledgment of
his twenty-year long activities.

The parties also referred to the prospects of bilateral economic and
political relations and cooperation within international organizations.