THE POPE LAID A WREATH TO THE MEMORIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMSSeptember 26, 2001 - 21:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the Roman Catholic Church John Paul II met with Armenian President Robert Kocharian in his residence this morning. After that he set out for Tsitsernakaberd Park, where he laid a wreath on the memorial to the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915. In the second half of the day the Pope together with Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II will hold an ecumenical ceremony in Saint Grigor Enlightener temple opened Sunday. The pontiff will pass the relics of founder of the Armenian Apostolic Church Griror Enlightener, which had been kept in Vatican before, for storage in the temple. 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 | Armenia-Azerbaijan: Turkey wants deal after “positive developments” Turkey hopes “positive developments” in negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan will lead to an agreement. Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. |