President Sargsyan met with the President of the National Assembly of France Claude Bartolone

President Serzh Sargsyan met today with the President of the National Assembly of France Claude Bartolone.

Noting that his official visit to the friendly France is taking place in the year when Armenia and France celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, President Sargsyan viewed it as a good opportunity and occasion to recap with the highest leadership of France numerous achievements registered in over two decades and discuss forthcoming steps.

The interlocutors stressed the importance of parliamentary diplomacy in the strengthening of the interstate relations, in the expansion of the cooperation agenda, deepening friendship of the Armenian and French peoples and spoke with satisfaction about the activities of France-Armenia friendship group.

The President of Armenia and President of the National Assembly of France underlined the close cooperation of the parliamentarians of the two countries at the parliamentary assemblies of international structures.

Serzh Sargsyan hailed the position of the National Assembly and personally of President Bartolone in the international recognition, condemnation and criminalization of the Armenian Genocide.

President Sargsyan highly praised the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group including the efforts of France as a Co-Chair of the MG aimed at the peaceful resolution of the issue and upholding security and stability in the South Caucasus region. He also underscored that visits of the members of the French Parliament to Artsakh allow the international community to form a full picture and understand the essence of the fair struggle of the people of Artsakh for freedom, human rights, and self-determination which is an inalienable right of any nation.

In this context stressed was the importance of the Friendship Circle with Artsakh which, according to President Sargsyan, brings its indispensable contribution to a just resolution of the Artsakh issue.

In addition to the bilateral Armenian-French relations, the President of Armenia and President of the National Assembly of France discussed also Armenia’s relations with the European Union and their prospects.