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28.03.2017
At Sitting of Francophone Youth Parliament of Armenia
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On March 28, within the Days of Francophonie in Armenia the sitting of Francophone Youth Parliament of Armenia was held, where ambassadors of Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie (APF) accredited in the RA, President of the French University in Armenia Jean-Marc Lavest, the Envoy of Armenia to France Vahagn Atabekyan and representatives of French speaking community of Armenia took part.

During the sitting first the young parliamentarians summed the programmes of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) concerning the youth, after which the Chairs of 5 Committees of Francophone Youth Parliament presented a report on the work of the Committees led by them.

The young people discussed the fight against extremism through education, as well as issues concerning the upcoming activities of Francophone Youth Parliament.

As bearers of Francophone system of values, the young parliamentarians made a decision to send a message to the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie .

During our talk, the Head of the RA NA Delegation to APF Margarit Yesayan highly assessed the activities of Francophone Youth Parliament and highlighted the idea of creating Francophone Youth Parliament also in the Artsakh Republic. In this context Mrs Yesayan touched upon the necessity of visiting Artsakh and holding joint sittings of French speaking youth. As the Summit of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) will be held in Yerevan in 2018, Mrs Yesayan emphasized the activation of the French speaking young people’s work in Armenia. In this context she underlined that the RA President instructed to take full responsibility for the organizational works of the OIF Summit, and she, as the Head of Francophone Section to the RA NA, will do her best in order to have the RA National Assembly active.


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