Armenian National Assembly Speaker travels to France
A delegation led by Speaker of Armenian National Assembly Galust Sahakyan is in France on a working visit. As part of the visit, the delegation attended the closing ceremony of 2014 fundraising Phonethon of the French affiliate of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund on November 23.
Head of the National Assembly’s Armenia-France Friendship Group Ara Babloyan, MPs Vahram Baghdasaryan, Karen Avagyan and Armen Rustamyan and Armenia’s Ambassador to France Vigen Chitechian accompanied Mr Sahakyan, the press service of the Armenian parliament reported.
Director of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s French affiliate Bedros Terzian presented the conditions of holding the Phonethon in France and the results of this year to Galust Sahakyan, noting that despite the economic crisis in France, a growing interest towards Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh is noticed among the French Armenians. It was noted that this year the French Armenians paid great attention to the programs and initiatives concerning the Syrian Armenians.
As part of the visit, on November 23-26, the Armenian delegation will have meetings with President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher, President of the National Assembly Claude Bartolone, and the members of the France-Armenia Friendship Group of the Senate.