July 28, 2026
At the end of last year, the sculpture of Paryur Sevak, sculpted by RA People’s Artist, sculptor Levon Tokmajyan and placed in the yard of Zangakatan secondary school, caused a great stir, at the moment it is resting in the Malatia-Sebastia administrative district, in a private area.
“The sculpture will no longer return to the schoolyard, if you know, due to political events. I think they meant that from the beginning, opposite the school is Tigranashen, isn’t there, there is a rumor that there will be an exchange with Artsvashen. Well, it’s not that I have fears, but the government, the head of the village has fears, the governor. In short, it’s a political decision, it’s clear, isn’t it, if they’re going to make an exchange, they’re going to take Armenians out, they’re going to bring in Azerbaijanis. In my opinion, it is impossible to return the sculpture to the schoolyard again.” of 168.am Levon Tokmajyan said in a conversation with
According to the sculptor, when the sculpture was moved from the school yard, one of the Malatia-Sebastia community expressed a desire to have the sculpture placed in the area belonging to him.
“I went, I saw the area, it was good, and in the back part was the school named after Monte Melkonyan, I was making some corrections on the sculpture, I saw students coming and looking. That’s why I thought that I can leave it there. The person who took the sculpture from me promised that he would put it on a small pedestal so that it wouldn’t stay on the ground, but according to my information, he hasn’t put it up until today. I have to go and talk to that person, understand whether he will be put on a pedestal or not.
Of course, the sculpture is quite tall, but it would be better if it were placed on a pedestal,” added our interlocutor.
He also said that he recently learned that in the area where Paruyr Sevak’s sculpture is located, events dedicated to him are already being held there.
“I also offered the person who took the sculpture to give me the stone that I brought from the mine a year ago, I paid for the stone, I said that he can pay and take it, but until now there is no response. I hired a “crane”, I brought it from Gagik Tsarukyan’s stone mine. What, Paruyr Sevak’s life was easy, was it cheap? I will probably wait a bit, understand what will happen,” emphasized Levon Tokmajyan.
It should be noted that the sculpture of Paruyr Sevak was not accepted by the local population, so the residents demanded to remove it from the school yard, saying that the sculpture does not reflect Paruyr Sevak. In Zangakatun community, a poll was conducted among the population, most of the residents, 79.9%, were in favor of removing the statue.
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168: The elite of Artsakh sacrificed themselves, and these are doing the opposite, they are perashki
July 28, 2026
Public figure, documentarian and human rights defender Hovhannes Ishkhanyan was a guest on the program “Zara has a question” of 168 TV.
The main theses of the interview are below:
- “Civil contract” is a political animal. it does not have any political principle, there is simply one person’s desire, and around that one person’s desire everything else is built, both strategies, relationships, type of relationships, etc., etc. We are really dealing with a dictator by nature and anatomy, which also does not correspond to the interests of our country. And those heartbreaks, love, things, etc. are naturally political skills. you have to woo people to choose you.
- We have another interesting configuration in the Parliament, because we will get new politicians in this National Assembly, who will go through serious tests. I don’t mean the serious tests, the one that says: if you are going to the National Assembly, “KP” will spoil you, I don’t know… Who is “KP” to spoil someone? I am surprised, they are traitors, their word is not “asnavani”. the “KP” cadre cannot spoil anyone, because his words are an empty gun, a water gun.
- New, inexperienced people will enter the National Assembly, and it is not certain that they will try to steal by blackmail. They may very well try to flirt, say a nice word, go for coffee. They drink coffee from the side, let’s say, someone posts a picture on the Internet, they say, “Hey, look! The guys from “Strong Armenia” are drinking coffee, they are with them.
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- There is no Constitution for them. they act according to the Constitution of Turkey. For example, if you pay attention, political prisoners in Armenia are imprisoned under Article 301 of the Turkish Constitution. those insulting Turkishness. All these sitters will be Ashot Minasyan, Armen Ashotyan, Avetik Chalabyan, Andranik Tevanyan, Karapet Poghosyan, Gagik Tsarukyan… All of them are fighting for the Armenian identity. What does the Armenian identity say? justice to our ancestors, recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Now, according to Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code, all these people are insulting Turkishness.
- “Toast of the swallow’s faith” was taken in the non-competition program. the audience differed in that it was more professional, i.e. film scholars, film lovers. When the credits started to roll, there was a standing ovation until the end, which was probably an indication that they liked it.
- The establishment of that world order has fallen on the shoulders of Armenians, because we have something to talk about, because ours are currently suffering hardships for those values, and when, for example, Macron comes to Armenia, and our smart young girls and boys go, hug him, ask for a signature, they should understand that in fact Macron should come and ask for a signature from them, because it is a member of their family who is suffering hardships for Macron’s values.
- After all, look, regardless of everything, there is also a battle of ideas going on in the world. on the one hand, it is the Iranian thought, which, by the way, won. the thought of martyrdom. The leader of Iran and his grandson were martyred for that idea. And the same thing exists in our Armenian culture, which we don’t notice now, because we are in a hurry. But look, Ruben Vardanyan was one of the richest people in the world, with a successful, stable life, but he made sacrifices so that the people would come out. After all, why is the military-political leadership a hostage for the people to leave? In other words, they sacrificed themselves for the sake of others, and these people do the opposite. they eat perashki to sacrifice all of us.
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RFE/RL – Yerevan Confirms Plans To Import More Iranian Gas
- Ruzanna Stepanian
- Shoghik Galstian
Armenia’s government is keen to significantly increase imports of natural gas from neighboring Iran, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Davit Khudatian confirmed on Tuesday after a weekend visit to Tehran.
Khudatian insisted that this is not a consequence of Russia’s threats to hike the price of its natural gas supplied to Armenia.
“This is a decision that has nothing to do with another country and the Russian Federation in particular,” he told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service. “It’s an economic, profitable activity that we [Armenia and Iran] both have an interest in expanding.”
Khudatian discussed the issue with Iran’s Vice President Hamid Pourmohammadi and Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad. The two sides agreed to set up a “joint specialized task force” that will look into practical modalities of deepening Armenian-Iranian energy ties.
Khudatian said they also agreed in principle to expand a long-running swap arrangement whereby Armenia supplies electricity to Iran in payment for Iranian gas imported by it.
“We both noted that Armenia needs to receive a larger amount of gas while Iran needs to receive a larger amount of electricity,” he said. “The existing capacity of our gas pipeline [leading to Iran] is greater than the [volume of] gas currently flowing through it.”
In his words, the gas-for-electricity exchange should at least be doubled after the protracted construction of a third power transmission line connecting Armenia to Iran. It is now slated for completion before the end of this year, added the minister.
Armenia imported less than 500 million cubic meters of Iranian gas last year in addition to around 2 billion cubic meters of Russian gas supplied via Georgia. According to Ara Marjanian, an Armenian energy expert, the Iranian gas is currently twice as expensive for Armenia as the Russian gas. This is why, he said, the swap arrangement is “very beneficial” for the Armenian side.
The Russian gas price for Armenia has long been set well below international market levels. Moscow has warned in recent months that the South Caucasus country will lose this discount if it continues to drift towards the European Union.
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Russian Intelligence Service Warns Of ‘Deep Crisis’ In Armenia
Armenia’s possible exit from the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) would plunge the country into a “deep economic crisis” and destabilize its government, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on Tuesday.
In a statement, it also said that the European Union should not expect Russia and other ex-Soviet states making up the trade bloc to “not allow the Yerevan political crew to drown” and to “sponsor its marathon swim toward the EU.”
The statement came the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s phone conversation with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian during which he again called for a referendum on whether Armenia should leave the Russian-led bloc and continue seeking EU membership. Pashinian was reported to reiterate that such a vote cannot take place before the Armenian government makes a formal membership bid. The government remains in no rush to do that despite enacting last year a law declaring the “start of a process of Armenia’s accession to the European Union.”
Putin declared this spring that Yerevan can no longer combine its European integration policy with its membership in the EEU which gives Armenian exporters’ tariff-free access to Russia, their main market. That was followed by Russian bans on multimillion-dollar imports of Armenian agricultural products and beverages. The EU responded to Moscow’s “economic coercion” by providing 52 million euros ($60 million) in urgent financial aid to Pashinian’s government and promising to open its market to the Armenian products hit by the Russian sanctions.
“According to information received by the SVR, Brussels recognizes the inevitability of a deep economic crisis in Armenia if Yerevan finds itself outside the Eurasian Economic Union,” said the Russian intelligence service. “It is emphasized that zeroing out revenues from participation in Eurasian integration will not ensure the stability of the Armenian authorities … at the expense of EEU members.”
The SVR also claimed that although the EU will be unable to compensate Armenia for “billions” of dollars in economic losses, it is pressuring Pashinian to “reduce the presence of Russian businesses in strategic sectors, sever humanitarian ties with the Russian Federation and suppress domestic opponents who oppose this.”
The Armenian government did not immediately react to the claims. Pashinian said earlier that the South Caucasus country cannot be kicked out of the EEU against its will.
Putin and the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan implicitly threatened to do that in a joint statement issued in late May. They instructed their prime ministers to present “possible consequences” of such a scenario at an EEU summit planned for December.
Russia is Armenia’s number one trading partner. According to Armenian government data, it accounted for 28 percent of Armenian foreign trade in the first five months of this year, compared with the EU’s 16.7 percent share. Russia also supplies the bulk of natural gas used in Armenia at a significant discount.
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RFE/RL – Armenian Minister Downplays Tensions With Russia
- Karlen Aslanian
An Armenian government member said on Tuesday that Armenia can still defuse its tensions with Russia that came to the fore during the latest phone call between the leaders of the two states.
Speaking to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted that Armenia hold “as soon as possible” a referendum on leaving a Russian-led trade bloc and joining the European Union. For his part, Pashinian complained about Russian bans on imports of Armenian agricultural products imposed in late May and early June. Neither side reported any understandings reached by them.
“These are issues that will be discussed, and I am hopeful that these issues will be resolved,” Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Davit Khudatian told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service.
“I am confident that a significant part of the issues will be resolved and settled in the near future because if we take into account the pre-election period [in Armenia,] we must say that some colleagues, mainly from the opposition, were talking about much more pessimistic scenarios, including the collapse of the Armenian economy and the severance of all possible relations with Russia,” he said. “But today we see that the situation is different.”
Khudatian, who is a senior member of Pashinian’s Civil Contract party, did not specify just how Yerevan could overcome the strong Russian objections to its pro-Western foreign policy.
Pashinian and his political allies already assured voters in the run-up to Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections that the Russians will lift the sanctions in case of Civil Contract’s election victory. The premier also declared that he is planning to visit Moscow later in June.
Putin has not only not received Pashinian but also declined to congratulate him on his election victory. Russian officials have added their voice to Armenian opposition claims that the vote was marred by serious fraud. Nor has Moscow lifted any of its trade restrictions.
Artur Khachatrian, an Armenian opposition lawmaker, emphasized these facts, saying they show that “there is no progress” in Russian-Armenian relations. Echoing statements by Russian officials, Khachatrian scoffed at Pashinian’s efforts to seek EU membership while continuing to take economic advantage of Russia.
“It’s like a man who comes home and says to his wife, ‘You know, I want to move in with my female neighbor, but since she hasn’t said yes to me, would you mind continuing to feed me and let me live with you?’” he told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service.
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Central Bank of Armenia: exchange rates and prices of precious metals – 28-07-
The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 28 July, USD exchange rate down by 0.18 drams to 366.54 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 1.52 drams to 416.39 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.0442 drams to 4.661 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 1.74 drams to 486.77 drams.
The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.
Gold price up by 67 drams to 48022 drams. Silver price up by 8.03 drams to 695.7 drams.
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Rehabilitation of Pushkin Tunnel and construction of new Dilijan tunnel discus
A meeting was held with representatives of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) mission, led by Armenian Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Kristine Ghalechyan and attended by Narek Zulalyan, Deputy Executive Director of the Road Department Fund, as well as other officials from the fund.
According to a statement issued by the Road Department Fund, the discussions focused on the progress of major road construction projects implemented with ADB support, the next steps, and related legal, financial and technical matters.
The Resilient and Inclusive Road Sector Improvement Project envisages the construction of the northern 27.1-kilometre section of the Sisian-Kajaran segment of the North-South Road Corridor. In 2025, Armenia and the Asian Development Bank signed a €236 million loan agreement to finance the project.
The parties discussed the current status of the project, the stage reached in the tender procedures, land acquisition works, and the organisational and technical processes preceding the start of construction.
“The Asian Development Bank is one of Armenia’s most important partners, and the projects implemented jointly in the field of road infrastructure are of strategic importance to the country. I am confident that, through continued cooperation and effective coordination, we will be able to advance our joint projects within the established timeframes and ensure their successful implementation,” Ghalechyan said.
The meeting also addressed preparations for the rehabilitation of the Pushkin Tunnel, the construction of a new tunnel in Dilijan, and a new project for the post-disaster rehabilitation and improvement of the M-6 interstate highway.
The parties discussed the project’s technical readiness, financing mechanisms and the next stages of implementation.
At the end of the meeting, the sides reaffirmed their commitment to continued cooperation on road infrastructure development and agreed to maintain close coordination to ensure the effective and timely implementation of joint projects.
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Armenian company Gurus contributes to clinical trials of new medicines and tra
Biotechnology and clinical research remain among Armenia’s least understood yet fastest-growing sectors. Founded in 2019, Gurus now works with some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical and contract research organisations (CROs), contributes to clinical trials of new medicines and trains specialists whose expertise has long been in demand in the sector.
Gurus founder and CEO Vahe Martirosyan spoke about the company’s establishment, its expansion into the international market and its educational programmes.
“When we started, the sector was still emerging in Armenia. Our goal was to become one of the best, and I believe we can now say that we have remained true to that principle,” he said.
According to Martirosyan, when the company was established, its main objective was not to address a particular issue solely within Armenia.
Rather, it sought to fill a professional skills gap, particularly in biotechnology and clinical research.
“We saw significant opportunities in this field, but the shortage of qualified specialists was also considerable. We began by addressing that sectoral problem, which eventually became an important contribution to Armenia as well. We continue to fill that gap to this day,” he said.
The founder of Gurus noted that even today many people do not fully understand what the company actually does.
“I think many of our employees’ parents still do not fully understand the nature of our work. Many simply say, ‘They work in IT,’ but our activities go far beyond that,” he said.
Martirosyan said that every new medicine or medical device undergoes a lengthy process of clinical research before receiving approval for use.
“These studies determine whether a medicine or medical device is safe and effective. Trials are initially conducted on animals, then on healthy volunteers, and subsequently on participants who meet the criteria for the clinical study,” he said.
According to him, participants are divided into groups during the studies, with one receiving the investigational medicine and another receiving a placebo, allowing researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment.
Martirosyan said Gurus does not organise clinical trials, but provides their scientific and analytical components.
“We provide biometric services in three main areas: Clinical Data Management, Statistical Programming and Biostatistics. Data received from hospitals are first collected and cleaned, then aligned with international standards and prepared for analysis. At the final stage, reports are compiled and submitted to regulatory authorities,” he said.
According to Martirosyan, those bodies include the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and relevant authorities in other countries, which use the data to decide whether a medicine or medical device may be approved for use. He said biostatistics is also one of Gurus’s key areas of activity.
“About two and a half years ago, we began establishing our biostatistics department. No university in Armenia offers such a specialisation, so we worked with universities, selected suitable specialists, organised training programmes lasting around two years and trained the first biostatistician. Today, we have around ten biostatisticians and are the only organisation with such a department,” he said.
According to Martirosyan, the company currently works with some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies and CROs.
He said one of the company’s most important development priorities is the implementation of educational programmes.
From the outset, Gurus believed that instead of recruiting already qualified specialists, it was necessary to create new value and train its own workforce.
“When you recruit a specialist from another company, you are not really creating new value. The specialist simply moves from one organisation to another. We decided to take a different path by creating new professions, new jobs and training specialists who previously did not exist in Armenia,” he said.
Martirosyan said Gurus Academy was founded in 2019 with that objective, aiming to bridge the gap between universities and the labour market.
“In many cases, young people graduate from university and receive a diploma but are not prepared for their first day at work. In our field, this type of education did not exist in Armenia at all. That is why we created the academy, so that people could gain the knowledge and practical skills required to enter the profession,” he said.
The founder and CEO said that since its first years of operation, Gurus has invested around $700,000 exclusively in educational programmes.
“Until September 2025, all courses were free of charge. During that period, we had around 900 applicants, but we saw that the results did not always meet our expectations. When a course is free, many people simply come to try it without having a clear final goal. We therefore decided to make the programmes fee-paying, and I must say that the results improved significantly,” he said.
According to Martirosyan, participants who achieve the best results at the academy are offered paid internships and may subsequently join the company’s team. He said studying at Gurus Academy is not easy, and the company has never tried to hide that.
“People often say that the first six months with us are very difficult. I completely agree. However, I am convinced that any serious result requires hard work. If you want to have a competitive profession, you must also be prepared for that journey,” he said.
According to Martirosyan, Gurus Academy’s programmes have been continuously improved over the years.
“After every course, we conduct anonymous surveys. We try to make each new course better than the previous one. The lectures, teaching materials, presentation methods and methodology are all revised,” he said.
Martirosyan said Gurus Academy now operates not only in Yerevan, but also in Gyumri, Vanadzor and Ijevan, with examinations conducted according to the same standards at every branch.
“We have always said that our goal is not to concentrate solely on Yerevan. There are many talented young people in the regions who simply have not had the opportunity to move to the capital or study there. That is why we decided to bring education and employment opportunities directly to them,” he said.
The first regional branch was opened in Vanadzor, followed by branches in Ijevan and Gyumri. The company’s founder stressed that specialists working in the regions have never been offered different conditions.
“From the very first day, we stated that there would be no difference in salaries or working conditions. If someone has chosen to live in Vanadzor, Ijevan or Gyumri, that should not limit their professional development,” he said. The company has also recently opened a branch in Tbilisi, expanding its geographical presence.
“We have already begun operating in Tbilisi. At the initial stage, we received around 70 applications, most of them from Georgian citizens. There are, of course, Armenian applicants as well, including from Javakhk, but we do not impose any restrictions or preferences based on nationality. Professional potential is our main priority,” he said. According to Martirosyan, the establishment of the Tbilisi branch will also enable the company to expand its operations in the region and attract new specialists. Speaking about the principles used in selecting employees, Martirosyan said knowledge is important, but personal qualities are equally significant.
“If I had to describe the most important quality in one word, it would be responsibility. A person can learn any profession, but a sense of responsibility is much more difficult to develop,” he said. According to him, Gurus’s corporate culture and ethics are based on discipline. At the initial stage, the human resources team works closely with new employees to help them adapt to the working environment.
“For many, this is their first workplace, and naturally they are not yet familiar with professional culture. That is why, at the beginning, we devote more time to explaining the organisation’s ethics, internal rules and principles of teamwork. If someone entered our office for the first time, they would probably find it difficult to understand who the director is, who heads a department or who leads a team. Our aim is to create an environment in which people can communicate freely and express their opinions,” he said.
Martirosyan said the courses offered at Gurus Academy are not limited to statistical programming. The company also trains specialists in biostatistics, clinical data management and other areas of the sector.
According to him, biotechnology and clinical research are among the world’s most in-demand fields, while the COVID-19 pandemic once again demonstrated the strategic importance of healthcare and pharmaceuticals.
“The pandemic proved to all of us that medicine and pharmaceuticals can be even more important than many other sectors. That is why we believe Armenia should also have highly qualified specialists in this field who can work on international projects,” Martirosyan said.
Addressing the rapid development of artificial intelligence, he said the company frequently receives questions on the subject but does not see an immediate risk of job losses in the sector.
“I would speak more about automation than artificial intelligence. Automation has always been part of technological development, and such tools are also used in our sector. They help certain processes to be carried out more quickly, but they cannot replace a specialist’s professional judgement,” he said. According to Martirosyan, AI tools are already being used across various company departments, from marketing to project management, but human oversight remains essential in core professional processes.
“The main part of our work is not programming. The most important thing is understanding what needs to be done, what type of analysis should be carried out and how the data should be interpreted. Programming is only one part of that work,” he said. He added that, particularly in projects related to human health, every result is checked by several specialists.
“At Gurus, the same task is performed by two different specialists. They work independently on the same data, and the final results are then compared. If there is a discrepancy, we begin investigating the reason. Since human health is involved, the cost of an error is extremely high,” he said.
Discussing the nature of the work, Martirosyan said company employees often handle information about medicines that have not yet entered the market, making strict confidentiality rules essential.
“We work with highly confidential data. In many cases, we become familiar with the information before the medicine is available on the market. That is why every employee is required to maintain confidentiality. We are not doctors and do not provide medical advice. Our work involves the analysis of scientific data,” he said.
Reflecting on the company’s development, Martirosyan said achieving success in the international market had not been easy.
“International companies were cautious about cooperating with Armenia for a long time because of the regional situation. Negotiations over a single contract sometimes lasted a year and a half. Moving through that process required numerous audits and considerable work to meet international standards,” he said.
Speaking about future plans, Martirosyan said the company intends to expand its activities both in Armenia and abroad.
“One of our next goals is to establish a branch in southern Armenia. We will also continue developing the Tbilisi office and expanding our international presence,” he said.
Addressing the company’s long-term vision, he said its main objective is not simply growth, but becoming a trusted partner in the international healthcare sector.
“We want the name Gurus to be associated with trust in our industry. When partners hear Gurus, we want them to think first of quality, responsibility and reliability. That is our greatest goal, not only in Armenia but throughout the region,” Vahe Martirosyan concluded.
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Thailand, Armenia hold first bilateral meeting on cooperation in consumer prod
A delegation led by Armen Kotolyan, head of Armenia’s Market Surveillance Inspection Body, paid an official visit to Bangkok from July 20 to 25, 2026, at the invitation of Thailand’s Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB).
According to the Market Surveillance Inspection Body, the visit included discussions on consumer rights protection, non-food product safety, market surveillance, digitalisation, e-commerce, emerging technologies, including the use of artificial intelligence, and the development of international cooperation.
The Armenian delegation presented the activities and key areas of oversight carried out by the Market Surveillance Inspection Body, while the Thai side outlined its work and the challenges it faces in the field of consumer protection. The parties discussed opportunities for exchanging information on dangerous products, improving risk management systems, strengthening professional capacities and sharing expertise.
The meeting also addressed prospects for expanding cooperation between Armenia and Thailand, including opportunities to facilitate the entry of Armenian products into Asian markets. One of the key outcomes of the visit was a proposal by Thailand’s Office of the Consumer Protection Board to initiate the process of signing a memorandum of understanding with Armenia’s Market Surveillance Inspection Body. The sides also discussed the possibility of a visit by the Thai delegation to Armenia to further develop bilateral cooperation.
The parties reaffirmed their readiness to continue cooperation to promote product safety and the adoption of international best practices in market surveillance.
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Armenian Security Council secretary receives outgoing French ambassador
Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan has received Olivier Decottignies, the outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia, on the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission.
In a Facebook post, Grigoryan said he highly appreciated Ambassador Decottignies’ personal contribution to elevating Armenia-France relations to the level of a strategic partnership, as well as to the continued expansion of cooperation between the two countries.
“Ambassador Decottignies and I underscored the importance of further strengthening the Armenia-France strategic partnership, based on mutual trust and shared values, as well as deepening political dialogue and cooperation in areas of mutual interest,” Grigoryan wrote.
For his part, Ambassador Decottignies thanked Grigoryan for the close cooperation and support extended over the past several years.
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