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Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Suren Papikyan received on Tuesday the delegation by Deputy Mayor of French city Lion Georges Képénékian, the press service at the ministry reported. During the meeting, Minister Papikyan praised the high-level Armenian-French relations based on mutual trust and friendship and pointed to further expansion of decentralized cooperation between the two countries.

As a good example of inter-municipal cooperation, the minister pointed to the one formed between Armenian town Echmiadzin and Issy-les-Moulineaux commune.

Georges Képénékian, in turn, thanked for the reception and suggested holding a meeting between municipal authorities of Armenia and French in Lion in November to discuss issues of economic development in regions, promote administrative-territorial reforms and exchange of experience in the sphere of territorial administration and self-governance.