Pope John Paul II was committed to earth in St. Peters Basilica. The funeral ceremony of the Pope was attended by The Patriarch of Armenian Apostolic Church Garegin II, the Cilician Catholicos Aram I and the leader of Armenian Catholic Church Nerses Peter XIX. From the government of Armenia there were the Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Armen Baybourdyan, Armenian Ambassador in Italy Rouben Shugaryan and Armenian Ambassador in France and Vatican Edward Nalbandyan. President Robert Kocharyan could not attend the ceremony because of leg injury. The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev went to Rome in person.