Pécresse reception was official, while no request was made for Zemmour – Armenian presidency explains

Recently, the delegation led by the Head of the Île-de-France Regional Council and French presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse, visited Armenia.

A few days prior to that visit another French presidential candidate Éric Zemmour had arrived in Armenia.

If the President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian received Mrs. Pécresse at his Residence, in the case of Zemmour, such a reception or meeting did not take place.

In response to the question of ARMENPRESS , the Office of the President informed the following: “The RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France Mrs. Hasmik Tolmajyan applied to the Office of the President with an offer and request to officially organize the meeting. The RA Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan accompanied the delegation led by Mrs. Pécresse and was present at t...