Armenian Deputy PM Tigran Khachatryan and French Ambassador to Armenia Olivier Decottignies met today in Yerevan to discuss French President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Armenia on May 4 to attend the European Political Community (EPC) Summit.

The two, according to Khachatryan’s office, also discussed the involvement of the French side in the construction of the Sisian-Kajaran road section of the North-South road corridor and several issues concerning bilateral relations.

This will be Macron’s first trip to Armenia, and he is scheduled to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan.