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Armenian version:

WCC’S MIDDLE EAST REPRESENTATIVE
VISITS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

The director of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Middle East office
paid a visit to His Holiness Aram I in Antelias on March 13. Ecumenical
Officer Bishop Nareg Alemezian joined in the meeting between Dr. Micheal
Nseir and the Armenian Catholicos.

The purpose of Dr. Nseir’s visit was to inquire about the Pontiff’s views
on the international conference organized jointly by WCC and the Middle East
Council of Churches (MECC) in Amman, Jordan. The aim of the conference is to
elicit the support of churches in the Middle East peace process.

Pointing out that similar meetings have been held in Cyprus and Geneva
previously, the Armenian Pontiff suggested that the upcoming conference take
into consideration the announcements made in the past, as well as the
current circumstances. His Holiness Aram I made a number of proposals both
on the issue of participants in the conference and its agenda.

The Catholicos also expressed his viewpoints on several future WCC
projects and in particular plans associated to Europe and the United States.