Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian had a telephone conversation on Friday, the Foreign Ministry's press service informed NEWS.am.

Ararat Mirzoyan and Jean-Yves Le Drian exchanged views on the agenda for Armenian-French cooperation. The sides particularly touched upon the implementation of the road map for Armenian-French economic cooperation.

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs also discussed a number of regional and international security issues. Ararat Mirzoyan presented his French counterpart the situation on the border, Azerbaijan's provocations in Nagorno-Karabakh, ceasefire violations, attacks on civilians and psychological pressure.

The sides discussed issues related to the launch of negotiations between Yerevan and Baku on the UN Charter, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Helsinki Final Act. In that regard, the sides highlighted the importance of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship.