On October 5, the regional council of Ile-de-France organized a reception dedicated to the 25^th anniversary of Armenia’s Independence. As reported Nouvelles d’Armenie, among the attendees were Armenia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France Vigen Chitechyan; Deputy of the French National Assembly from Bouche-du-Ron Valerie Buaye; member of the France-Armenia Friendship Group Jean-Marc Jermen; prominent French-Armenian political figure, member of the right-wing political party Patrick Devedjian; vice-president of the France-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group, Senator of the Val de-Mar Department, Mayor of Alfortville Luk Carvunas; head of the Ile-de-France region Valérie Pécresse; President of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France Ara Toranian; President of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF) Mourad Papazian; President of the “Christians of the East in Danger” Chredo Organization Patrick Karam and representatives of the local Armenian community.

In his Valérie Pécresse congratulated everyone on the 25^th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Armenia and added that she would like to deepen cooperation with Yerevan through a pretentious program. Ara Toranian emphasized that Armenia’s Independence is of a greater significance for the inheritors of the Armenian Genocide who have a love for justice and referred to Armenia’s Independence as a miracle. Patrick Karam talked about Nagorno-Karabakh and voiced confidence that Artsakh would continue to be an Armenian state.