September 12 Armenian and French FMs Vartan Oskanian and Philippe Douste-Blazy, Minister of Cultures of the two countries Hasmik Poghosyan and Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres held a news conference at the French MFA, devoted to the Year of Armenia in France. During the news conference the Armenian FM thanked French authorities for organizing the Year of Armenia. He said the event evidences exclusive relations between the two countries. For the first time Armenia is presenting its history, culture and contribution to the world civilization in a large scale,» Vartan Oskanian remarked.

During a private meeting the FMs discussed matters of development of cooperation, regional issues, situation in the Middle East, relations of Armenia with neighboring countries and talks over settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.