GAREGIN II: COOPERATION BETWEEN CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM SPIRITUAL LEADERS
TO CONTRIBUTE TO WORLD PEACE
Arka News Agency, Armenia
Sept 7 2006
YEREVAN, September 7. /ARKA-Novosti-Armenia/. Cooperation between
Christian and Muslim spiritual leaders will ensure peaceful development
of relations between all the countries of the world, Catholicos of
All Armenians Garegin II stated at a news conference held jointly
with Mufti of Syria Sheik Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassuni.
Garegin II also pointed out a special role to be played in this
process by strengthened ties between the Armenian Apostolic Church
and Syrian clergy as well as by future cooperation programs.
In his turn, Sheik Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassuni stressed that his visit to
Armenia is of paramount importance against the background of extremist
sentiments worldwide. "Cooperation between the two religions must
oppose aggression and confrontation both in the Caucasus and in the
Near East, he said.
Syrian Mufti, Sheik Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassuni arrived in Armenia on
September 2, 2006, at the invitation of Catholicos of All Armenians
Garegin II to discuss issues of religious cooperation and dialogue.
During his visit, Mufti Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassuni held meetings at
the RA Parliament, RA Foreign Office, Academy of Sciences as well as
at the Faculty of Theology of Yerevan State University. P.T. -0—