Holy Etchmiadzin may demand return of seized property from Turkey

Holy Etchmiadzin may demand return of seized property from Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin may also present a legal claim demanding that Turkey return the property confiscated from the church during the Armenian Genocide, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, told the Voice of America in an interview, Panorama.am reports.

“Persons in charge have been instructed accordingly; the matter is being studied to find relevant documents. Study of archives, revelation of archival documents and presentation of grounded legal claims with respective legal formulations to the Turkish authorities require major efforts,” Catholicos Karekin II said.

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