On November 19 the Chairperson of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration Ms. Naira Zohrabyan received the Premier Counsellor of the French Embassy to Armenia Mr. Christian Beck.

Welcoming the guest Ms. Zohrabyan highly assessed the Armenian-French political relations, which taking into account, she expressed hope that such high qualitative relations can also be established in the economic sphere. In declaring the European integration as Armenia’s foreign political priority Ms. Zohrabyan highlighted the role and experience of France as one of the EU key countries, and expressed hope that in this sphere the cooperation will be much more active.

Emphasizing once more in the regulation of the NK problem Armenia’s position the Committee Chairperson highly assessed the efforts of France as OSCE Minsk Group co-chair country in solving the conflict through peaceful negotiation process. Speaking about the Armenian-Turkish relations, Ms. Zohrabyan once again reaffirmed that the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions is a separate process, and has no connection with the settlement of the NK issue, which, according to the committee chairperson, also repeatedly mentioned the Minsk Group Co-Chair. Touching upon the issues of the regional cooperation, Ms. Naira Zohrabyan confirmed that Armenia adhered to the adopted policy and was for the regional cooperation over different problems, despite the circumstance that they were consecutively impeded by the neighbouring Azerbaijan.

Expressing his gratitude for the reception, the Premier Counsellor of the French Embassy to Armenia Mr. Christian Beck reaffirmed the willingness of France in the development of mutually beneficial relations. Issues of further cooperation were also discussed.