French region to provide Syunik with EUR 300.000 to overcome  consequences of Azerbaijani aggression

ArmInfo. The province of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes  of the French Republic will provide the Syunik region of Armenia with 300 thousand euros to overcome the  consequences of the Azerbaijani aggression.

This is stated in the message of the regional administration of Syunik, posted on its  Facebook page.  According to the report, the goal of the program is  to support Armenia, which has been subjected to aggression by  Azerbaijan, as well as to intensify cooperation with the strategic  region of Syunik. Governor of Syunik region Robert Ghukasyan attended  the vote in the Provincial Council.

The source also notes that on October 20, in the regional council of  the region, the head of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Laurent Timothee Marie  Wauquiez, the Armenian ambassador to France Hasmik Tolmajian and the  governor of Syunik Robert Ghukasyan made a joint statement to the  press media regarding the large-scale aggression of Azerbaijan on  September 13-14 against the sovereign territory of Armenia and its  consequences, the effective cooperation that has developed between  the region and Armenia, as well as the intention to establish  partnership relations between Auvergne- Rhone-Alpes  and the Syunik  region.

In her speech, Hasmik Tolmajian highly appreciated the commitment of  head of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Region Laurent Wauquiez to establishing  partnership with Syunik, which

is under constant threat from Azerbaijan. As a result of the event,  the Governor of the Syunik region Robert Ghukasyan and head of the  Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region Laurent Wauquiez, in the presence of the  Armenian Ambassador to France, Hasmik Tolmajian, signed a memorandum  "On partnership between the Syunik region of the Republic of Armenia  and the region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes of the French Republic".