SERZH SARGSYAN: CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS ADJUSTMENT NOT AN EASY TASK

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
02.11.2009 18:19 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended the
Episcopalian Meeting of Armenian Apostolic Church on November 2.

"Adjustment of church-state relations is not an easy task. The state
should not interfere with church affairs and vice versa. It’s not easy
to employ this formula in everyday life. It’s hard for us, Armenians,
to draw the border between spiritual and political cultures. But we
are determined to continue cooperation, which already yields results,"
President Sargsyan said.

He also pointed out to the church’s role in upbringing of the younger
generation.

Asked to comment on concerns that Turkey links normalization of
relations with Armenia to resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
the President said, "These two processes are not interrelated. We
need decisions which could secure lasting peace and development of
the region."