Mayor of French city Klamar F. Kaltenbach and mayor of Armenian city Artashat G. Muradian signed a memorandum on declaring these cities twin cities. As present at the signing ceremony Armenian ambassador to France Eduard Nalbandian noted “Klamar and Artashat will enlarge the number of several tens of twinned Armenian and French inhabited localities, thus comprising one of the major bases for friendship between the two peoples.