On March 27, Minister Nalbandian received Serge Smessow, Ambassador of France in Armenia.

Serge Smessow handed over to Edward Nalbandian the message of Foreign Minister of France Bernard Kouchner.

In the message French Foreign Minister touches upon high-level relations established between Armenia and France, as well as regional issues.

Recalling the meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister on March 10 and attaching importance to the Moscow Declaration signed by Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia on November 2, 2008 and the Declaration adopted in Helsinki in December, 2008 Bernard Kouchner express the readiness of France as a the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair country to make efforts toward peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh issue.