ANTELIAS: HH Aram I meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy

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HIS HOLINESS ARAM I MEETS THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ITALY,
ECUMENICAL REPRESENTATIVES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER WORLD RELIGIONS

His Excellency Franco Frattini had a private meeting with His Holiness Aram
I during the G8 Preparatory Meeting in Rome. At this meeting, His Excellency
Frattini and His Holiness Aram I discussed the situation in the Middle East
with special reference to recent developments in Iran and Israel, and post
legislative elections in Lebanon, issues that the Ambassador of Italy to
Lebanon had raised earlier with the Catholicos.

At the end of the meeting, His Holiness Aram I offered the Minister a book
on the Armenian Genocide.

On this occasion Catholicos Aram I also met with the representatives of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Moscow Patriarchate, EKD (Germany), the
Canadian Council of Churches, and the General Secretary of World Conference
of Religions for Peace.

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