YEREVAN. – Minister of Territorial Administration and Development of Armenia, Davit Lokyan, on Tuesday received French Ambassador Jean-François Charpentier.

The minister lauded the vigor of Armenian-French decentralized cooperation. In this context, Lokyan underscored this collaboration’s third conference that will be convened on Thursday and Friday.

Ambassador Charpentier, for his part, stressed the importance of these conferences. The diplomat also highlighted the need for frequent exchange visits by the delegations of the two countries, and toward the strengthening of Armenian-French relations at the local level.

The interlocutors exchanged views on the key topics of the forthcoming conference on Armenian-French decentralized cooperation.

At the end of the talk, the parties reaffirmed their willingness to find innovative solutions for conducting effective cooperation.