  Catholicos of All Armenians to meet Azerbaijani President April 23, 2010 - 14:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II will meet with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku on April 26, Head of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Information Services Department, Father Vahram Melikyan told PanARMENIAN.Net His Holiness Karekin II will be in Baku on April 26 to attend the World Summit of Religious Leaders on the sidelines of which he will meet with spiritual leader of Caucasus Muslims, Sheikh-ul-Islam Pasha-zade and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill. According to reliable sources, Georgian Patriarch Ilia’s attendance is undecided due to health problems.   Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan  The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan.Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic.Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan.Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |
