CATHOLICOS RECEIVES ARMENIAN AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS

Catholicos of All Armenians, Garegin B, received today Sergey Lavrov and Vardan Oskanyan, foreign ministers of Russia and Armenia, St. Echmiadzin press services report.

Greeting Lavrov’s visit to Armenia, Garegin B pinpointed to century-long friendship between Armenians and Russians. “Let us believe that the friendship between Armenians and Russian will yield good results for our nations. Together with All Russia Patriarch Alex B, we will try to contribute to strengthening of these relations,” the Catholicos said.

His holiness said he is pleased with Russia’s important involvement in Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. “We value friendship, partnership and cooperation. We also highly assess the attention that Armenia pays to Russian culture….” minister Lavrov said.