Armenia president paying official visit to the Vatican and ItalyApril 4, 2018 - 16:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan is paying an official visit to the Holy See (Vatican), where he will have meetings with His Holiness Pope Francis, Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolini, and will attend the unveiling of the statue of Doctor of the Ecumenical Church, Saint Gregory of Narek in the Vatican. Afterwards, an ecumenical ceremony will be held, attended by Pope Francis, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia. On the margins of his April 4-6 visit, the president will also meet Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. A cooperation agreement will be signed between the Armenia and the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, after which Sargsyan and Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto address the media. Sargsyan is also scheduled to pay a working visit to the Italy, where he will meet with president Sergio Mattarella, president of the Senate Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati and president of the Chamber of Deputies Roberto Fico. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |