HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS RECEIVES PRESIDENT OF SERBIA
Noyan Tapan
July 30, 2009
ETCHMIADZIN, JULY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and
Catholicos of All Armenians received on July 29 President of Serbia
Boris Tadic who is on an official visit in Armenia. The President of
Serbia was accompanied by RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
As Noyan Tapan was informed by the Information Services of the Mother
See of Holy Etchmiadzin, at the meeting His Holiness Patriarch touched
upon the brotherly warm ties created between the states and peoples
and expressed a hope that after this visit they will more develop and
strengthen, in the interests of the Armenian and Serbian peoples’
prosperity. Mentioning that the Armenian Apostolic Church has warm
brotherly relations and ties with the Orthodox Church of Serbia, His
Holiness emphasized the two churches’ cooperation in the interchurch
relations.
B. Tadic expressed his admiration towards the Armenian culture and
Christian values. Speaking about the important role of the Serbian
Orthodox Church in the life of his country, he expressed a hope that in
parallel to the two coutries’ relations’ becoming close, the relations
between the two churches will also develop and more strengthen.