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PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Watch our latest videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HolySeeOfCilicia
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I VISITS THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LEBANON
On Tuesday, 26th April 2012, HH Aram I visited the President of Lebanon,
General Suleiman. The Catholicos was accompanied b Archbishop Keghan
Katcherian, Prelate of Lebanon, current ministers, General Panos Manjian, Mr
Vrej Sabounjian and the representative of the Armenian parliamentarians, Mr
Hagop Pakradouni.
His Holiness thanked the president for his efforts to strengthen the unity
in the country and expressed his appreciation of the president's efforts to
strengthen ties between Lebanon and its diaspora through his official
visits. He then stated his concern about the growing presence and influence
of Turkey in the region.
The Catholicos informed the president that he will soon be visiting the
Armenian communities in the United Arab Emirates and the Islamic Republic of
Iran. President General Suleiman praised His Holiness Aram I for his
international efforts, which, he stated, also strengthen the national unity
of the country; he also expressed his appreciation of the Armenian community's
contribution to their Lebanese homeland. Finally, they discussed the new
electoral law that is currently under study.
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Photo: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos711.htm
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Watch our latest videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HolySeeOfCilicia
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I VISITS THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LEBANON
On Tuesday, 26th April 2012, HH Aram I visited the President of Lebanon,
General Suleiman. The Catholicos was accompanied b Archbishop Keghan
Katcherian, Prelate of Lebanon, current ministers, General Panos Manjian, Mr
Vrej Sabounjian and the representative of the Armenian parliamentarians, Mr
Hagop Pakradouni.
His Holiness thanked the president for his efforts to strengthen the unity
in the country and expressed his appreciation of the president's efforts to
strengthen ties between Lebanon and its diaspora through his official
visits. He then stated his concern about the growing presence and influence
of Turkey in the region.
The Catholicos informed the president that he will soon be visiting the
Armenian communities in the United Arab Emirates and the Islamic Republic of
Iran. President General Suleiman praised His Holiness Aram I for his
international efforts, which, he stated, also strengthen the national unity
of the country; he also expressed his appreciation of the Armenian community's
contribution to their Lebanese homeland. Finally, they discussed the new
electoral law that is currently under study.
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Photo: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos711.htm