YEREVAN. - After face to face meeting with the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Friday President of France Nicolas Sarkozy decorated him with highest award of France – the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor.

President of France Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Armenia for two-day state visit on October 6. He had meetings with President Serzh Sargsyan and visited Tsitsernakaberd.

The Presidents attended the opening ceremony of the monument to Auguste Rodin on the French square of Yerevan. In his speech Sarkozy said the word “Genocide” in Armenian.