GAREGIN II APPRECIATED ARMENIA-IAEA COOPERATION

PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II met in Holy Echmiadzin with head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei, reported the Press Service of Holy Echmiadzin Chancellery. In the course of the meeting Catholicos presented the history of the Armenian Church to the guest, as well as it mission in the life of Armenian people. Garegin II also noted with pleasure that efficient cooperation between Armenia and the IAEA is formed. He said the safe and uninterrupted work of the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant was vital to Armenia. In his turn Mohamed ElBaradei presented the goals and the outcomes of his visit to Armenia. In the course of the meeting the parties also discussed the challenges the humanity has faced. They noted the importance of religious leaders and inter-confessional dialogue aimed at strengthening moral values in the society in struggle with these challenges. «Degradation of moral values is as dangerous to humanity as atomic energy or more,» the Catholicos of All Armenians stated, emphasizing the human «as the summit of creation» can stop undesirable development by means of forming understanding.