BHARION SINGH SHEKHAWAT: “I AM HERE AS PILGRIM”
Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 10 2005
ETCHMIADZIN, OCTOBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Karekin II,
Catholicos of All Armenians received Bharion Singh Shehawat, the Vice
President of India arrived on an official visit to Armenia, accompanied
with Vahan Hovhannisian, the RA NA Deputy Speaker, Ashot Kocharian,
the RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India, and
Deepak Vohra, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
India to RA, on October 7, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
His Holiness expressed a special satisfaction with the kind and warm
relations present between the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the
Embassy of India. In the person of the Vice President, His Holiness
expressed his gratitude to the authorities of India as well for the
care and attention towards the monuments of the Armenian people
created during the history as well as for the assistance to the
Armenian Church.
Bharion Singh Shekhawat, being glad of the occasion of his visit
to an ancient Christian country, said: “I’m here as a pilgrim. I’m
greatly impressed with the Armenian people’s devotion towards belief.”
As Noyan Tapan was informed by the Information Services of the Mother
See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the problem of terrorism and challenges
arisen before the world were also touched upon at the meeting.