CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS AND DEFENCE MINISTER OF LITHUANIA SPEAK ABOUT ARMENIAN-LITHUANIAN FRIENDLY RELATIONS
ETCHMIADZIN, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. On April 5 Karekin II, Catholicos
of All Armenians, accompanied by Lieutenant-General Artur Aghabekian,
the RA Deputy Defence Minister, and Monk Norair Simonian, the RA
Army Holy Primate, received in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Gediminas Kirkilas, the National Defence Minister of the Republic of
Lithuania, and the delegation headed by him, which was in Armenia on an
official visit. Friendly relations between the two countries, present
cooperation between the Defence Ministries and future programs were
spoken over at the meeting. Catholicos of All Armenians addressed his
condolence to Lithuania’s people, the majority of which are followers
of the Catholic Church, on the death of Pope John Paul II. As Noyan
Tapan was informed from the Mother See Information Centre, church-state
relations in the two countries, as well as spiritual service of the
Armenian Church servicemen in the RA Army were also touched upon at
the meeting.