CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS TO MEET WITH AZERBAIJAN’S ALIYEV IN BAKU

Panorama.am
23/04/2010

Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin
II is due to meet with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku
on April 26, in the sidelines of the 2nd World Summit of Religious
Leaders, Head of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Information
Services Department, Priest Vahram Melikyan told Panorama.am.

His Holiness Karekin II will meet with the Patriarch of Moscow and
All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of All Georgia and the
Sheikh-Al-Islam of Azerbaijan. A joint statement on the regional
issues will be signed following the meeting.

According to the source, Catholicos of All Armenians will attend
the Azerbaijani President’s reception, organized for the summit
participants. Later the Catholicos is due to return to Armenia.

The Armenian Catholicos is accompanied by Archbishop Yeznik Petrosyan,
General Secretary for Inter-Church Relations of the Mother See of Holy
Echmiadzin, Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, the Director of the Inter-Church
Relations Office, the head of the Mother See information department
Priest Vahram Melikyan.

Archbishop Vigen Ayqazyan will also participate in the conference as
the leader of the National Council of U.S. Churches.