YEREVAN, JULY 4, ARMENPRESS: In the framework of the working visit to France, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan on July 3 met with the President of the National Assembly of France Claude Bartolone. From the Armenian side the meeting was attended by the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia Armen Ashotyan, the Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, the Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Karen Nazaryan, from the French side – the Chairman of the France-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group Rene Ruquet and the ambassadors of the two countries.  

The press service of the Government of the Republic of Armenia informed Armenpress that expressing gratitude for the warm reception, Hovik Abrahamyan stressed that France occupies a unique place in the foreign political agenda of Armenia.

“Being at the National Assembly of France, I cannot but express my deepest gratitude for the France’s considerable humanitarian mission in recognizing the Armenian Genocide by law in 2001. France is the first country in the world to recognize the Armenian Genocide by law”, - stated Hovik Abrahamyan among other things. He expressed hope that the French Parliament will be consistent in the submission and adoption of the new bill, condemning the denial of the Genocide.