Armenian FM Secretary General: Starting from October 7, the  atmosphere of Francophonie will prevail in Yerevan and throughout  Armenia

ArmInfo.Starting from  October 7, the atmosphere of Francophonie will prevail in Yerevan and  throughout Armenia. This was announced on October 2 at the press  conference in Yerevan by the Secretary General of the Armenian  Foreign Ministry Vahagn Melikyan.

 According to him,  the 105th  meeting of the Permanent Council of the International Organization of  la Francophonie (OIF) will take place on October 7, the 35th meeting  of the OIF Ministerial Council will be held on October 8-9, the grand  opening of the Francophonie village will take place on October 9, at  5:00pm local time on Freedom Square, preseneting more than 40  pavilions from more than two dozen countries.  Moreover, under the  patronage of the President of Armenia, a business forum will begin  its work on October 10, in the "Tumo" Center for Creative  Technologies, held for the first time on the sidelines of the summit,  and the 17th OIF Summit will take place on October 11-12. Gala  concert in the Republic Square is also scheduled on October 11.

The Secretary General of the Armenian Foreign Ministry stressed that  more than 3,500 guests will arrive in the republic to participate in  the event. "The heads of state and government of more than 40  countries have already confirmed their participation in the summit.  This is an unprecedented scale. More than 60 local organizations are  involved in organizational activities, more than 1,150 volunteers are  involved," Melikyan said.

Answering the question how much money was spent on organizing the  event, the Armenian Foreign Minister's Secretary General refused to  present the figures, saying that there are still no final  calculations.  But at the same time, he assured that not a penny more  than the funds, allocated from the state budget, was spent. Melikyan  also added that recalculations were made in a number of areas to  reduce costs. "A small amount was allocated by the OIF Secretariat,  as well as sponsors helped us, a certain amount was also allocated  from the reserve fund. But again, I want to assure you that we didn't  spend a penny more than what we were allocated by the state,"  Melikyan said.