RAFFI HOVANNISIAN VISITS FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

15:22, January 17, 2013

Paris-Presidential candidate and former foreign minister Raffi K.

Hovannisian met today with Paul Jean-Ortiz, the chief diplomatic
counselor of French President Francois Hollande.

The official encounter, which included a discussion of Armenia’s
upcoming elections, its state of democracy, Armenian-EU relations
and Yerevan’s foreign policy priorities for the future, took place
at the Elysee, France’s presidential palace.

Earlier, Raffi Hovannisian took part in a public forum with the
French-Armenian community, delivering an address and taking questions
on the combined challenges, today and tomorrow, facing the Republic
of Armenia, the Mountainous Karabagh Republic (Artsakh), and the
Armenian diaspora.