KOCHARIAN: ARMENIA APPRECIATES VATICAN EFFORTS SEEKING FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.03.2008 14:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian met His
Eminence, Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarsicio Bertone and
the delegation headed by him, the RA leader’s press office reported.
Welcoming the guest, the President said the current visit is the
evidence of high-level cooperation between Armenia and Vatican and
recalled the 2001 visit of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II and his
two visits to Vatican.
"Armenia appreciates Vatican’s efforts seeking for the Armenian
Genocide recognition as well as inauguration of a monument to Saint
Grigor Lusavorich," the President said, making special mention of
fruitful cooperation between the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic
Churches.
For his part, His Eminence Tarsicio Cardinal Bertone said that the
holy mission of the Catholic Church is support of other Churches,
establishment of peace and unification of national and states.