Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian visited the French Senate to meet the president of the Senate's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Jean-Louis Carrere.

At the meeting, the parties stressed the role of the parliaments of both countries in the strengthening of Armenian-French ties, with a number of regional and international issues discussed further.

Later in the day, Nalbandian delivered a lecture on Armenia’s foreign policy priorities in the French Institute for International Relations.

Ambassadors accredited to France, officials, experts, journalists and representatives of NGOs attended the lecture followed by a Q&A session, Foreign Ministry press service reported.