Armenians have settled in France since the early Middle Ages. Armenian inscriptions said to date back to the Middle Ages have been found in both the cathedral of Bourges and the church of Tarascon.
In the 17th century, an Armenian merchant opened the first café in Paris. A century later, another brought over to France a plant called madder, used to dye clothing. By the dawn of the twentieth century, there were a few thousand merchants, entrepreneurs, and Armenian students residing in France.
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Doctors Part of First International Medical Mission to Armenia Join Fight Against COVID-19
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On June 14 a charter flight from Marseilles, France landed in Zvartnots Airport with a group of doctors, here to assist Armenia in the fight against COVID-19. Responding to the request from the RA Ministry of Health, the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs in close collaboration with USAID, quickly coordinated the first of its kind COVID-19 international medical mission to Armenia.
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15 Jun 2020
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Second Group of Doctors from France Arrive in Armenia
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On June 23rd, the second group of doctors from France arrived in Armenia on a Marseille-Yerevan charter flight. Welcoming the doctors at the airport were High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Zareh Sinanyan, Deputy Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan, French Ambassador to Armenia Jonathan Lacôte, and Chief of Staff to the Office of the High Commissioner Sara Anjargolian.
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23 Jun 2020