Kocharian: Armenia appreciates Vatican efforts seeking for Armenian Genocide recognitionMarch 6, 2008 - 14:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's President Robert Kocharian met His Eminence, Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarsicio Bertone and the delegation headed by him, the RA leader's press office reported. Welcoming the guest, the President said the current visit is the evidence of high-level cooperation between Armenia and Vatican and recalled the 2001 visit of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II and his two visits to Vatican. "Armenia appreciates Vatican's efforts seeking for the Armenian Genocide recognition as well as inauguration of a monument to Saint Grigor Lusavorich," the President said, making special mention of fruitful cooperation between the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic Churches. For his part, His Eminence Tarsicio Cardinal Bertone said that the holy mission of the Catholic Church is support of other Churches, establishment of peace and unification of national and states. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |