FRANCE’S PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY SIGNED DECREE ON AWARDING SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN
PARLIAMENT WITH ORDER OF LEGION OF HONOUR
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30. ARMINFO. Deputy chairman of the party “Orinats
Yerkir”, Head of the commission for defence, national security and
internal affairs of Armenian parliament Mher Shahgeldian took part in
the Paris congress of the ruling party in France “Unity for democracy”
on Nov 28.
Mher Shahgeldian informed in the press conference at the National
Assembly of Armenia, within the framework of the visit he had met with
representatives of political circles of European, as well as with the
chairman of the Senate of France. According to the Armenian MP, during
the meetings the participants have mainly discussed issues of the
development of democratic systems in Armenia. He also informed that
as a result of the meetings the participants had reached an agreement
on implementation of programs for strengthening of the legislative
field in Armenia by a number of European funds. Mher Shahgeldian also
informed that the president of France has already signed a decree on
awarding Speaker of Armenian parliament Arthur Baghdasarian with the
order of the Legion of Honor for the contribution to the deepening of
Armenian-French relations.