Raffi Hovannisian in Lebanon, meets Catholicos Aram I

Armenia’s first minister of foreign affairs concluded his four-day visit to Lebanon with a private reception at the residence of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia.

Raffi K. Hovannisian, who currently serves as Heritage Party chairman and ACNIS founding director, and Vehapar discussed a broad range of contemporary challenges facing the Homeland and the Armenian nation.

Hovannisian had arrived in Lebanon to take part in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the heroic self-defense at Musa Dagh and the 75th birthday of the founding of the town of Ainjar by the survivors and descendants from Mount Musa.

He had the opportunity there to meet with community leaders and to address words of proud felicitation to the pilgrims gathered from around the world.

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“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS