20/05/2010 18:44
E. Nalbandian the French Minister for Economic Recovery
The press and information department of the RA MFA informs that on May 20 Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received French Minister for Economic Recovery, Head of the Hauts-de-Seine Department Patrick Devedjian.
Greeting the guest, Minister Nalbandian expressed appreciation for the high-level relations between Armenia and France and attached importance to Mr. Devedjian’s personal contribution to the reinforcement and deepening of those ties.
In 2008 the Council of the Hauts-de-Seine Department started implementing a program of modernization of agricultural infrastructures in Armenia's Tavush Marz.
Minister Nalbandian expressed gratitude for the participation of the Hauts-de-Seine Department in the program implemented under the auspices of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund, emphasizing that it’s another evidence of gradually expanding Armenian-French cooperation.
The parties noted that decentralized cooperation between the two countries is developing simultaneously with interstate relations.