YEREVAN.- President of Armenia held a tete-a-tete meeting on Friday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy who is in Yerevan on a state visit. The meeting was followed by a joint press conference.

Earlier, Armenian leader awarded Order of Glory to President Sarkozy for personal contribution and strengthening of traditional Armenian-French friendly relations, as well as for defending measures aimed at ensuring international security.

Bilateral meetings of the ministers, members of the delegations, were held simultaneously with the meeting of the presidents. The sides discussed the issues related to development of Armenian-French cooperation in different fields.