POPE FRANCIS IS A FRIEND OF ARMENIAN PEOPLE – SERZH SARGSYAN – PHOTOS

March 19, 2013 | 19:08

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan attended Pope Francis’s
inauguration in the Vatican.

President Sargsyan congratulated pontiff on election and the start
of his mission as a leader of the Catholic world. Serzh Sargsyan
stressed that for the Armenian nation, as the first nation to adopt
Christianity as a state religion, this event has a special meaning,
presidential press service reported.

He noted that Pope Francis is a friend of the Armenian people and has
good knowledge of the Armenian culture and history which is proved
by his actions in Argentina.