YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Healthcare Minister Derenik Dumanyan received Deputy Mayor Didier Parakian of Marseille, France.  

The guest presented to the Minister the circles of current interaction between the sister cities of Yerevan and Marseille, and expressed a wish to carry out programs in the healthcare sector as well, the Ministry press service informs.  

He noted that the agency, which coordinates the activities of the hospitals in Marseille, stands ready to cooperate in training physicians, exchange of experience, supplying medical equipment, and in several other directions. Marseille’s Deputy Mayor also offered to jointly organize free operations.   

In his turn, Minister Dumanyan considered all proposals as acceptable, and added that, ever since the devastating earthquake that hit Armenia in 1988, virtually all Diaspora-Armenian physicians closely cooperate with Armenia’s healthcare sector.   

Also, Derenik Dumanyan expressed a readiness to support any initiative toward development of the healthcare sector.