PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE ALREADY DENIED STATEMENTS, PROMULGATED DAY BEFORE, AND SO ECHMIADZIN DOES NOT CONSIDER THEM NECESSARY TO COMMENT
Yerevan, June 15. ArmInfo. The Patriarch of Constantinople has
already denied the statements, promulgated the day before, that’s
why Echmiadzin does not consider them necessary to comment. Thus,
by ArmInfo correspondent request, the Head of Echmiadzin Chancellery
press office, a priest Vahram Melikyan commented today the information,
promulgated the day before in the Turkish press, where it is said,
with reference to some report of Turkish Special Services, that
the "Armenian community of Istanbul and the Armenian Patriarch of
Constantinople expresses an extreme anxiety in view of the coming
visit of the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the Second to
Turkey". The priest Vahram Melikyan informed, the Catholicos of
All Armenians Garegin the Second will leave for Istanbul June 20,
by invitation of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Mesrop
Mutafyan, to convey the Patriarch blessing to the Armenian community
of Istanbul. During his visit to Turkey from June 20 to 23, the High
Patriarch intends to make a brother visit to the Ecumenical Patriarch
Bartholomew the First. "As for some statements, heard in view of the
coming visit, the Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul has already denied
the statements, published the day before in the Turkish press, as
if made by the representatives of the Armenian community of Istanbul
and the Patriarch of Constantinople, that’s why Echmiadzin does not
consider it necessary to respond to them", Melikyan said.