On 27 June Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received primate of the New Nakhichevan and Russian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Patriarchic exarch Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan, philanthropists from Diaspora Hayk Maghakelyan and Vahe Karapetyan.
Issues related to the Motherland-Diaspora, church-state ties and implementation of a range of programs in Artsakh were discussed during the meeting.
President Sahakyan noted that the Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora trinity was among the cornerstones of our state-building process adding that the presence of Diaspora was tangible in almost all spheres of our republic’s life.
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