  France’s Macron announces Armenia visit February 15, 2019 - 10:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French Ambassador to Armenia Jonathan Lacôte has revealed that French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive in Yerevan on a state visit. Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan on Thursday, February 14 met Lacôte and Regional Director at the French Development Agency Gaëlle Assayag. Grigoryan stressed the importance of the development of cooperation with France, including for the implementation of government reforms. He unveiled the main provisions of the government program, at the same time detailing the possibilities of developing bilateral relations within the framework of the Armenia-EU partnership agenda. The European Parliament, Great Britain, Romania, Denmark, Bulgaria, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have so far ratified the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement . Lacôte said France is ready to deepen cooperation with Armenia both in bilateral and multilateral formats. Stressing that Macron has recently announced his intention to travel to Armenia on a state visit, the ambassador said that the visit would also contribute to clarifying the further expansion of bilateral programs. Assayag, meanwhile, presented the process of reforms implemented in Armenia, as well as expressed readiness to develop new programs in the future that go in line with the reforms undertaken by the authorities of the country. Macron revealed recently that France will make April 24 a "national day of commemoration of the Armenian Genocide".   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed.Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |
