Secretary of the Security Council at the RA President, Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan met yesterday with newly appointed French Ambassador to Armenia Serge Smessov. As RA Defense Minister's Spokesman Seyran Shahsuvaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net, congratulating the diplomat on the appointment Serge Sargsyan said that the Armenian-French relations are at unprecedented level and voiced assurance that the potential of relations between the two states is great. When touching upon the Nagorno Karabakh problem the parties expressed assurance that the only way of settlement is the peaceful one.