Armenian Foreign Minister receives French Minister for Economic Recovery

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received French Minister for Economic Recovery, President of the Hauts-de-Seine General Council Patrick Devedjian, information department of MFA reported.

Greeting the guest, Minister Nalbandian expressed satisfaction over the high-level relations between Armenia and France and attached importance to Mr. Devedjian’s personal contribution to the reinforcement and deepening of bilateral ties.

The delegation headed by Mr. Devedjian is in Armenia in the frames of the implementation of Tavush region development program. In 2008 the Council of the Hauts-de-Seine Department started implementing a program of modernization of agricultural infrastructures in Armenia's Tavush region.

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.