CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS EXPRESSES SATISFACTION RELATING CSTO STATES’ COOPERATION IN ANTI-DRUGS STRUGGLE

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 30 2006

ETCHMIADZIN, MARCH 30, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Karekin II
Catholicos of All Armenians received on March 29 at the Mother See of
Holy Etchmiadzin the members of the Coordinating Council of heads of
competent bodies of counteracting the illegal circulation of drugs
of the CSTO member states, The guests were accompanied by RA Police
Chief Lieutenant General Hayk Haroutiunian.

His Holiness first of all presented to the guests the history of
the all Armenian spiritual center and its mission in the Armenian
people’s life. “It’s pleasant for us to see that such a cooperation
exists especially in the sphere of narcotism, what, of course is our
anxiety as well. And clergymen as well, certainly, implement their
corresponding propaganda for that event doesn’t find spreading, and
if there are persons who are in the claws of that delusion, are able
to get rid of it. Every delusion is a quilt according to the church
perception, especially the narcotism, which is addressed to disturbance
of natural process of mind, thinking of a man having the God’s image,”
His Holiness said. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the Information
Services of the Mother See, on behalf of the Coordinating Council,
Viktor Cherkesov, the Council Chairman, the head of the Federal
Service for Contol of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Circulation
of the Russian Federation welcame the Catholicos of All Armenians and
presented results of the done works and programs. “We’re obliged to be
engaged in people’s salvation,” V.Cherkesov mentioned, emphasizing that
legal bodies cooperate with different civil structures and religious
trends, to protect people from those harmful events and to prevent
the increase in crime of drugs circulation. He particularly informed
about the cooperation with the Russian Orthodox Church concerning
that sphere.