Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan’s working visit to Paris began with a meeting with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian sent a condolence letter to President of France Emmanuel Macron on the occasion of the fire at one of the global Christian symbols and architectural masterpieces Notre-Dame de Paris.
“My father François Pinault and I have decided to release from the funds of Artemis a sum of 100 million Euros to participate in the effort that will be necessary for the reconstruction of Notre-Dame”, the billionaire said in a statement.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has tweeted words of sympathy to the people of France as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was ablaze.
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame after a major fire partially destroyed the Paris landmark, BBC reported.
The inferno at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has ravaged 850 years of French cultural heritage, even though firefighters managed to save the Paris landmark from total collapse.
There are no victims. Causes of the fire are still unknown. The building was being reconstructed during the last months.
Recalling the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights of December 10th 1948, whereby recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world;
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Sargis Torosyan as Deputy Chief of Staff of his office.
The most noteworthy Armenian foreign policy development of the week was supposed to be the first negotiating session between Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev over the Artsakh conflict. But since there was no breakthrough in these negotiations, we shall focus our attention on important related issues.