CLOSED-DOOR MEETING OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENT WITH CATHOLICOS OF CILICIA ARAM I HELD
Noyan Tapan
Oct 7, 2009
BEIRUT, OCTOBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met
with representatives of the Armenian communities in the Middle East
in Beirut on October 6 as part of his pan-Armenian trip to discuss the
initiative on Armenian-Turkish normalization. Yerkir Media television
company reported that prior to that, a closed-door meeting of the
Armenian president with Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I took place. More
than 100 representatives of Armenian communities participated in
the meeting of Serzh Sargsyan with community members. Aram I did not
attend that meeting.
The Armenian president delivered a 20-minute speech, presenting
his opinion on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, in
particular the pre-signed protocols. Then he listened to the speeches
of the community representatives, each of who made a 3-minute speech.
Lebanese Armenians’ mass demonstration, which began the day before,
was proceeding in parallel with the meeting.
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