French Senate to host round table on Strengthening and developing  French-Armenian decentralized cooperation

ArmInfo. On February 12, the French Senate will host a round table on the topic: "Strengthening and developing French-Armenian decentralized cooperation." The event will be held under the high patronage of the President of the French Senate, Gerard Larche, in partnership with the United Cities France organization.

As the the official website of the French Senate reports,  parliamentarians, local elected officials, French and Armenian  diplomats will share their experiences around four topics: the  political and geopolitical situation in Armenia a few months after  Azerbaijan's offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh; the issues and needs of  Armenian communities in the face of Armenia's security and diplomatic  challenges; the Senate's support for Armenia through its  parliamentary diplomacy; news of French-Armenian decentralized  cooperation.

As of today, there are more than fifty decentralized cooperation  partnerships between the local authorities of France and Armenia. 

"This round table marks a further step in the support provided by the  Senate to Armenia. We thus hope to further strengthen partnerships  between local authorities of the two countries, in a context where  the challenges have never been so important," noted Loic Herve,  Vice-President of the Senate in charge of interparliamentary  cooperation and interparliamentary friendship groups.

The report also notes that Armenia is facing a serious crisis  following Azerbaijan's military aggression in Nagorno-Karabakh on  September 20, 2023. Its local authorities are on the front line to  welcome around 100,000 refugees who fled the fighting and the  collapse of the Artsakh Republic. On Wednesday, January 17, the  Senate adopted a resolution condemning Azerbaijan's military attack  in Nagorno-Karabakh and preventing any further attempts of aggression  and violation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of  Armenia.