ARMENIAN REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATION ARRIVED IN ISRAEL

PanARMENIAN.Net - May 13 a representative delegation of Armenia left for Israel. A reception was thereupon organized in Jerusalem. The delegation includes Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, Secretary of the Security Council at the President, Defense Minister Serge Sargsian, President of the World Armenian Congress and head of the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamian, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Tigran Sargsian, President of the Academy of Sciences Fadey Sargsian and other supreme officials. The delegation totals 80 persons. Israel's Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, President of the World Council of Christians and Jews rabbi David Rosen, Knesset deputies, representatives of NGOs and others took part from the Israeli side. As Catholicos of All Armenians stated when addressing the reception participants, "this visit will mark the new wide dialogue between the two religions and peoples." At that he announced the beginning of "a new epoch in relations between Jews and Armenians." In his turn WAC leader Ara Abrahamian noted the proximity of the national and cultural traditions of the Armenian and Jewish peoples. At that he stated that if the civilized community had paid attention to the Armenian Genocide, it might have been possible to avoid the Jewish Holocaust during the World War II, Regnum news agency reported.