YEREVAN, JULY 7, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. RA Deputy Minister of Diaspora Stepan Petrosian received Deputy Chairman of the French Senate France-Armenia parliamentary friendship group, Bourg-les-Valence city's Mayor Bernard Piras on July 6. Elder of Bourg-les-Valence Arshaluys Nadar and head of the European Armenian Communities' Department of the RA Ministry of Diaspora Hrach Aslanian were present at the meeting. According to the RA Ministry of Diaspora, Deputy Minister Stepan Petrosian acquainted the guests with the programs of the Ministry and underlined the great contribution which the France-Armenia parliamentary friendship group made in strenghtening of two countries' relations. Senator Piras, in his turn, told about the cooperation between the city of Bourg-les-Valence and Armenian Talin city, as a result of which the French side presented the city 5 buses for students and pupils, writing materials to the four schools with a French bias and at the expense of the sister cities' committee the problem of paying the salaries of Talin's teachers of French was solved. Senator Piras also told about the work carried out to adopt the law on Armenian Genocide Denial by the Senate. Deputy Minister Stepan Petrosian, welcoming the guest's pro-Armenian activity, expressed willingness to support Bourg-les-Valence Armenian school in giving the necessary textbooks, as well as in widely including the local Armenian community in the RA Ministry of Diaspora's programs.

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