The Metropolis and the Montpellier bar human rights institute organized a go to to Armenia to strengthen native friendship and cooperation

The Metropolis and Metropolis of Montpellier have repeatedly demonstrated the energy of their dedication to the Armenian folks in addition to their solidarity within the face of assaults in opposition to their sovereignty, the latest in September 2023 with the violent annexation of the Haut -Karabakh via Azerbaijan. In actual fact, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole and Armenia have deep relations thanks specifically to the quite a few and energetic presence of the Armenian diaspora in Montpellier in addition to the robust bonds of friendship created between the folks.

A visit with the Montpellier bar to reaffirm our help for the Armenian folks and signal a cooperation settlement with town of Hrazdan

From June 10 to 12, 2024, Clare HART along with the Human Rights Institute delegation to Armenia with two technicians from European cooperation and funds from the Metropolis. The Institute of Human Rights was represented specifically by its President Amine Faraj, by Maître Naira Zoroyan, Lawyer and by Gohar Galustian, Lawyer and President of the Franco-Armenian Society of Montpellier.

This go to was a chance to substantiate full help for the actions carried out by the Human Rights Institutethe connection of the 2 bars and the French moot court docket competitors, the younger winner of the 2024 version might be formally offered by Michaël Delafosse, Mayor of Montpellier, President of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole when she arrives in France throughout her internship in a legislation agency .

Throughout this go to, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole additionally signed, within the presence of Olivier Decottignies, the French Ambassador to Armenia, letter of intent for cooperation with the Metropolis of Hrazdan, northeast of Yerevan. LNevers secondary college in Montpellier has additionally been exchanging with secondary college 13 in Hrazdan for a number of years, and the younger college students have been in a position to current a presentation in French to the delegation, which ‘ testifying to the vitality of this reference to the younger inhabitants of Montpellier.

This metropolis of 70,000 inhabitants has welcomed greater than 10,000 refugees because the annexation of Nagorno-Karabakh. Infrastructure wants are subsequently pressing and imminent. Subsequently, the longer term cooperation settlement between Montpellier and Hrazdan will concentrate on the event, with the help of technicians from Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, of a technique to hunt funding, particularly European, with the precedence goal of renewing to make the multi-sports corridor (relationship again to the Soviet period) in Hrazdan, the one sports activities facility within the space and subsequently an important gear to permit the youth of town to apply common sports activities actions.

Lastly, the joint delegation from the Montpellier Bar and Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole was in a position to obtain and meet the Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia in addition to the Excessive Commissioner of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia.

A glance again on the historical past and occasions of the connection between Montpellier and Armenia

Already in 1986, Montpellier was one of many first French cities to erect a monument in reminiscence of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

On the finish of 2020, from the start of the mandate of the Michael DELAFOSSEThe Metropolis of Montpellier wished to help the Armenians who have been pressured to depart Nagorno-Karabakh in the course of the struggle, with the primary want within the Metropolis Council

As well as, from 2022, the park behind the Metropolis Corridor is symbolically named Armenian Park. The latter was inaugurated within the presence of 300 folks together with Hasmik Tomajian, Armenian Ambassador to France, non secular authorities and representatives of the Armenian neighborhood of Montpellier.

The exemplary motion of the Human Rights Institute (IDH) of the Montpellier Bar can be one of many pillars of those every day relations of friendship. For a number of years, the Human Rights Institute has visited Armenia yearly as a delegation.

A liaison settlement between the Montpellier Bar and the Armenian Bar was additionally initiated and, for the third 12 months in a row, a French court docket competitors is organized on the Franco-Armenian College in Yerevan, and the winner has the chance. full an internship in a prestigious Montpellier legislation agency.