Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan meets with French
Senate President Gérard Larcher, discussing sovereignty, and strengthening
Armenia-France strategic partnership.
According to a readout from the foreign ministry, Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee for European Affairs Alain Cadec, Chairman of the France- Armenia Friendship Group Gilbert- Luc Devinaz, and President of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Armed Forces Cédric Perrin attended the meeting.
The parties talked on how Armenia and France's strategic alliance is developing, pressing how the fleetly expanding ties gauge all important disciplines.
They also discussed how to improve cooperation going forward.
Developments in the South Caucasus were the main content of discussion. In the environment of peace with Azerbaijan, Minister Mirzoyan outlined Armenia's plans for indigenous growth, pressing the nation's capability to serve as a major communications hub.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Minister Mirzoyan inked the Senate’s book of recognized guests, the" Golden Book," writing:
“Having the honor of once again being hosted by the Senate of the French Republic, this house of democracy and the rule of law, I express my heartfelt gratitude to President Gérard Larcher for his warm welcome, which sincerely reflects the strong Armenian-French friendship.
I reiterate my deep gratitude to President Gérard Larcher and to all members of the Senate for their constant commitment and decisive voice in favor of the exceptional Armenia-France relationship.
May this exceptional relationship continue to develop for the benefit of a strategic partnership based on our shared values, shared history and unwavering friendship."
How did France frame the Pantheon ceremony for Missak Manouchian?
France framed the Pantheon for Missak Manouchian as an
important homage to foreign resistance fighters who chose to defend
French universalist and democratic values at great particular cost.
President Emmanuel Macron led the form in Paris on February 21, 2024, recognizing Manouchian, a poet and Armenian genocide survivor executed by Nazis in 1944 for leading the resistance and his woman Mélinée, along with their fellow resistance comrades.
The form was depicted as a moving moment of public gratitude, feting Manouchian's and his comrades’ immolation and heroism, while also pressing their status as
“French people of stopgap.”