PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER OF NAGORNO KARAPAGH
VISITS ANTELIAS
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nagorno Karapagh, Kevorki
Bedrossian visited Antelias, where he met with His Holiness Aram I on June
6. Serj Amirkhanian, the head of construction works in the republic and
Yervant Pamboukian, member of the Central Executive Council in Lebanon also
attended the meeting.
The Pontiff referred to the contribution of the Catholicosate of Cilicia’s
dioceses in the efforts aimed at strengthening Nagorno Karapagh and
reassured of the Catholicosate’s commitment to this cause.
The meeting also provided an opportunity to reassess the internal situation
in Karapagh and the international negotiations for the resolution of the
conflict.
The minister was then invited to have lunch with the Catholicos.
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.