OREANDA-NEWS  On October 27, the meeting between Edward Nalbandian, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia, and Jean-Marc Ayrault, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, took place.

The sides comprehensively discussed a number of issues on the agenda of French-Armenian privileged relations, the steps being undertaken towards the expansion of cooperation in different areas. The dynamic development of relations has been mutually commended.

Foreign Minister of Armenia and France focused on the intensive inter-parliamentary ties and dynamic decentralised cooperation.

The Ministers discussed the process of implementation the agreements reached by the Heads of the two countries on the enlargement of trade and economic relations.

Ahead of the Summit of la Francophonie in November, the Foreign Minister of Armenia and his French counterpart touched upon the cooperation issues within the framework of the International Organisation of La Francophonie.

During the talks, the sides discussed in details the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.