ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia Saturday Newly appointed French Ambassador to Armenia presented credentials to RA President Yerevan October 14 Naira Badalyan. On October 13, the new Ambassador of France to Armenia, Jonathan Lacote, presented credentials to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The press service of the Armenian leader reports. The President wished the diplomat success and expressed his hope that the Ambassador will open a new page in Armenian-French relations with his active work. The Armenian President and the French Ambassador agreed that the privileged Armenian-French relations, developing in ascending order, fully reflect the spirit of friendship between the two peoples. Serzh Sargsyan considered symbolic the fact that the newly appointed ambassador starts his mission in Armenia in the year when Armenia and France celebrate the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Stressing that there is a stable political dialogue between the two countries, active high-level interaction and mutual visits, Serzh Sargsyan stressed the importance of intensifying trade and economic relations between Armenia and France. The President of Armenia stressed the role of the interparliamentary partnership in strengthening and deepening interstate relations, noting with satisfaction that the Armenian and French parliamentarians cooperate effectively not only in bilateral formats, but also within the framework of international parliamentary organizations. The President of the Republic attached importance to the activity of the friendship group established in 2013 in the French Parliament with Nagorno-Karabakh. During the meeting, the sides touched upon the prospects for the development of Armenia-EU relations, including the preparatory work for the signing of the Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership in the near future in Brussels. Serzh Sargsyan stressed the importance and appreciated the active participation of France in the negotiation process for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as a co-chairing country of the OSCE Minsk Group. Touching upon cooperation in the humanitarian and cultural spheres, the Armenian President and the French Ambassador highly assessed the summit of the International Organization of Francophonie countries, which will be held in Armenia in 2018. Lacote replaced Jean-Francois Charpentier, who held this position since 2014. Earlier, the 45-year-old Lacote was the adviser to the French ambassador to the UK, he also worked in the French Foreign Ministry, in the bureau for Europe, at the French embassies in Montenegro and Germany. Lacote speaks English, German, Russian, Spanish, Estonian, Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian.