PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Father Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: cathcil@cathcil.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE

Lebanese Justice Minister Charles Rizk visited His Holiness Aram I for a
private meeting in Antelias on January 9.

The minister informed the Catholicos in detail about the internal political
situation in Lebanon, with particular reference to the international court.

The Pontiff stressed the importance of bringing Lebanon out of its current
stalemate and looking for solutions based on mutual compromise and
understanding. He expressed his viewpoints on the all the issues being
discussed by the political forces in Lebanon today.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.