RA President Serzh Sargsyan conducted three-day official visit to France. In “Orly” airport of Paris Sargsyan was met by the Foreign Minister of France Helen Convey-Moore. Today afternoon Serzh Sargsyan met with French President Francois Oland in Elysee Palace, followed by a press conference of the presidents of the two countries. Then, the heads of the two countries had dinner with Armenian-French intellectuals.
In the conversation with “First News and Analyses” France’s Strategic Research Foundation expert, French politician Kayts Minasyan, speaking of the President’s official visit to France, said that it was a little bit strange that the President was met by the Foreign Minister of France Helen Convey-Moore, although she is a representative of the French government. According to the politician, when a President arrives in France they meet him properly: the president or prime minister, or foreign minister, or a member accredited by the government welcomes a president in the airport. However, politician beleives that they could send higher official to meet RA president.
“It was a little strange that the lady met him, in the sense that I’d wait someone with the rank of minister. Perhaps the reason is that the agenda of the visit was not so important. I think, it is also the failure of Diaspora organizations and the RA authorities. They should have been better prepared and given more importance to this visit.” noted Kayts Minasyan.
According to him, the visit is intended to show that Armenia is a steady state and has its prospects of the development, and, as always, Armenia wants to show its support towards France.
