Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan arrived in France on a working visit at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.

The Prime Minister and his wife will attend the solemn ceremony of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. 

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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan attended the reopening ceremony of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

The event was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron, US President-elect Donald Trump, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Croatian President Zoran Milanović, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and leaders of other countries and heads of government.

French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech during the event, in which he touched upon the restoration work of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris and emphasized the importance of the reopening of the cathedral for his country and people. Next, Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris performed a church service.

The high-ranking guests toured Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. In the evening, Nikol Pashinyan and Anna Hakobyan participated in the official dinner hosted by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron at the Élysée Palace for the Heads of State and Government participating in the reopening ceremony of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.