YEREVAN. - Minister of Education and Science of Armenia, Levon Mkrtchyan, attaches importance to the cooperation with France in the sphere of education.

The Minister said the aforementioned today at the meeting with the French Ambassador to Armenia Jean-Francois Charpentier.

Mkrtchyan stressed the important role of the French University in the educational system of the country, noting the need to further deepen the ties, the Education Ministry press-service reports.

For his part, Ambassador Charpentier touched on the upcoming programs of the University and a number of logistical issues. The Ambassador agreed that it’s necessary to increase the number of schools with advanced study of French.