CATHOLICOS KAREKIN II RECEIVES CHAIRMAN OF RF GOVERNMENT

Noyan Tapan
Feb 6, 2008

ETCHMIADZIN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving Viktor Zubkov, the
Chairman of the RF government, on February 6, Catholicos of All
Armenians Karekin II was pleased to touch upon the centuries-old
friendship between Armenian and Russian peoples the developing
relations between the two states and cooperation in different
spheres. The Patriarch in the person of Prime Minister Zubkov thanked
the RF authorities for the careful and considerate attitude to the
Armenian community in Russia.

In his turn, V. Zubkov presented the results of his visit to Armenia
assuring that Armenian-Russian cooperation will continue developing.

According to the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin, during the meeting they touched upon the current warm
relations between the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Russian
Orthodox Church.