ArmInfo. At the meeting with Ambassador of France to Armenia Jonathan Lacote, RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan noted that Yerevan appreciates the privileged relations with Paris and close dialogue at the highest level.
As the RA MFA reports, the interlocutors touched upon cooperation on bilateral and multilateral platforms, as well as the prospects for its strengthening and expansion. In this context, the importance of carrying out efforts to develop economic cooperation between the two countries was indicated.
The parties discussed the situation in Artsakh in detail, stressing the need to resume the negotiation process on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict under the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group. During the meeting, the situation that arose as a result of the invasion of the Azerbaijani armed forces into the sovereign territory of Armenia in May 2021 was also discussed in detail.
Ararat Mirzoyan expressed his sincere gratitude to Jonathan Lacote ,who is completing his mission in Armenia, for his efforts and activities. For his significant contribution to the strengthening of the Armenian-French relations, Mirzoyan awarded the Ambassador Jonathan Lacote with the Medal of Honor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the first degree.