Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said that the cooperation between cities of Armenia and France is very important, as it supplements and makes a part of the interstate dialogue in various fields.

“The number of the two countries’ twin cities has already reached 30. Initially, the French self-government bodies basically focused on implementation of humanitarian programs, but recently the cooperation programs involved other fields as well,” Nalbandian said during the opening of the second Armenian-French forum of decentralized cooperation.

According to him, around 50 programs are implemented annually in the fields of education, culture, tourism and economy in the format of the Armenian-French decentralized cooperation.

Yerevan is hosting the forum on October 7-8. A French delegation of 130 people led by Chairman of the French committee on organization of the Armenian-French forum of decentralized cooperation Hubert Julien-Laferriere arrived in Yerevan to participate in the forum.