THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IS FIRMLY ATTACHED TO LEBANON SAID HIS HOLINESS ARAM I TO THE PRESIDENT OF LEBANON

On Monday 10 August His Holiness Aram I met with the President of Lebanon, General Michel Suleiman at the Baabda Palace. The delegation included the Prelate of Lebanon, Bishop Kegham Khatcherian, the Prelate of Tehran, Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian and the President of the Central Committee of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Dr. Bedros Karajerjian.

During their conversation Catholicos Aram I informed the President of the activities of the Armenian Church in Lebanon and in the dioceses around the world. His Holiness also talked about the ecumenical and interreligious activities of the Catholicosate regionally and internationally, and most recently the meetings in Rome with Pope Beneditct XVIth and the G8 Interreligious Preparatory Meetings organized by the government of Italy. His Holiness assured the President of the attachment of the Armenian Church and the community to Lebanon, its commitment to building relations with all communities in the country and advocating for Lebanon both regionally and internationally.

In his turn the President shared with His Holiness issues related to the formation of a new Government and other national and international concerns.

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