On June 28, Vahan Hovhannisyan, Vice President of the National Assembly received the delegation of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France headed by Mrs. Aline Montaubric.

Upon the guests request, the NA Vice President presented particularly the economic and internal political situation in Armenia and highlighted that despite the blockade from the direction of Azerbaijan and Turkey the republic has economic growth, programmes of economic and social recovery have been elaborated, the anti corruption fight programme has been renewed when Armenia joined the international organization GRECO and today nothing threatens the stability of the country. Mr. Hovhannisyan highlighted also the challenges. We still have unsolved problems in the anti corruption fight, in creating a free market, defending the competition and fighting against economic monopolies.

The sides also touched upon the problems of refugees and the implemented programmes. Mr. Hovhannisyan presented the legal and social state of the Armenian refugees that have been forcibly displaced from Azerbaijan in 1988-92 highlighting that the government carries out social-economic purposeful programmes and the issue of refugees is included in the strategic programme of poverty reduction. It was mentioned that a programme of providing the families with apartments in the public buildings is being implemented.

During the meeting they also touched upon the law on Alternative Service and other issues of mutual interest.