Putin Awards Order Of Friendship To Armenia’s Religious Leader

PUTIN AWARDS ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP TO ARMENIA’S RELIGIOUS LEADER
ITAR-TASS News Agency
August 8, 2006 Tuesday
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree awarding the
Order of Friendship to Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II for
his considerable contribution to the development and strengthening
of Russian-Armenian friendly relations, the Kremlin press service
reported on Tuesday.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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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