October 5, RA National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan received the French delegation headed by Michel Vauzelle, President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and French National Assembly MP.

The parties expressed content with the level of Armenian-French relations as well as the cooperation established between Lori Marz (Armenia) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Abrahamyan thanked Michel Vauzelle for the compelling stance on the Genocide recognition as well as personal contribution to the process.

Hovik Abrahamyan also spoke about Armenia’s position on Karabakh conflict settlement and normalization of diplomatic relations with Turkey without preconditions.

French Ambassador to Armenia Serge Smessow also participated.