CATHOLICOS ARAM I VISITS ARMENIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS

Noyan Tapan

Se p 15, 2008

ANTELIAS, SEPTEMBER 15, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. Catholicos
of Cilicia Aram I who was on a two-day visit to Damascus paid an
official visit to the Armenian embassy prior to his return to the
monastery of Mayravank in Antelias.

Ambassador Arshak Poladian together with his assistants met His
Holiness at the entrance of the ambassy. The ambassador welcomed
Catholicos Aram I, expressing his joy at his visit. Catholicos Aram
I in his turn restated the support of Catholicosate of Cilicia for
the Republic of Armenia and all efforts aimed at its strengthening
and expressed a high opinion about the diplomatic activities of the
embassy, underlining the necessity of establishing closer political,
economic and cultural links between Armenia and the Arab world. His
Holiness also informed the ambassador about details of his meeting
with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad.