YEREVAN. – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, on Tuesday received members of the organizational committee for the 31st Ministerial Conference of the Francophonie, which Armenia will host this fall.

The organizational committee delegation was led by Ousmane Paye, special envoy for the Secretary-General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF).

Nalbandian stressed that it is a great honor but also a huge responsibility for Armenia, an active member of the Francophone family, to host delegations from eighty countries on the occasion of the aforesaid ministerial conference. But he expressed the hope that the conference will be organized and convened at a high level.

The organizational committee representatives, for their part, assured that they will do their utmost to assist in Armenia’s efforts to ensure the best organization and success of this event.

At the ensuing talk, the interlocutors discussed the preparations for this ministerial conference.

At the end of the meeting, Edward Nalbandian and Ousmane Paye signed a memorandum of understanding between the Armenian government and the OIF on the holding of the 31st Ministerial Conference of the Francophonie.