17:13, 21 February 2023

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a meeting with the delegation led by the former French Prime Minister, Mayor of the French city of Le Havre Édouard Philippe.

During the meeting the Armenian Prime Minister attached importance to the consistent development of the Armenian-French relations and highlighted Édouard Philippe’s efforts in strengthening the ties. PM Pashinyan highly appreciated the former French Prime Minister’s visit to Armenia.

Édouard Philippe said that he visited Syunik province, where he evaluated the situation on the ground in Goris and met with the Armenians of Artsakh who are unable to return home to Nagorno Karabakh because of the closure of the Lachin corridor. In this context, the continuous attention and consistent steps by the international community in the direction of unblocking the Lachin corridor with the purpose of overcoming the humanitarian, environmental and energy crisis in Nagorno Karabakh was highlighted.

Views were exchanged around processes taking place in the region.