CATHOLICOS KAREKIN II RECEIVES HEAD OF PACE

Armenpress

YEREVAN, AUGUST 18, ARMENPRESS: His Holiness Catholicos Karekin II
received today the Head of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
(PACE) Rene van der Linden who is in Armenia at the invitation of the
NA Speaker Arthur Baghdasarian. The head of PACE was accompanied by
NA deputy speaker Tigran Torosian.

The Catholicosate press service said during the meeting the Catholicos
expressed his satisfaction for the support of PACE in contribution to
the development of democratic values in Armenia, for helping Armenia
in the process of Euro-integration as well as in finding peaceful
regulation of the Karabagh conflict. “We hope that with the support
of the Council of Europe peace will be established in the region,”
said the Catholicos.

On his part, the head of PACE thanked for the warm reception and
referred to the works of PACE on establishing democratic values
and securing human rights protection. He noted that in all these
processes the role of churches and religions is very important. He
said the inter-church and inter-religious dialogues can make great
contribution to the establishment of democratic values. During the
meeting they also discussed issues on the Karabagh conflict regulation
as well as issues on establishing diplomatic relations with Turkey.