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  • Tbilisi: President of Georgia meets with Catholicos of All Armenians

    GHN News Agency,Georgia
    February 28, 2014 Friday


    President of Georgia meets with Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II



    President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili has held meeting
    with the Patriarch of All Armenians Karekin II within the official visit to
    theRepublicofArmenia.

    According to presidents Press Office information, the
    Catholicos and the President discussed the religious-cultural relationship of
    the centuries-old history of Georgian and Armenian peoples. In the conversation
    with the Georgian President, Armenian Patriarch expressed his gratitude towards
    Bidzina Ivanishvili for sponsoring the restoration of the monuments of cultural
    heritage ofArmeniaby allocated appropriate funds from the Kartu
    Fund.

    The Armenian Patriarch presented Georgian president with an
    icon of Mother of God; in his turn, Giorgi Margvelashvili handed over a picture
    of Annunciation to the head of theArmenianApostolicChurch.

    The meeting was held at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral and the
    members of the Georgian delegation were also attending it.

    After the meeting with the Catholicos, President
    Margvelashvili visited the treasure of the Cathedral, the museum, where the
    Biblical relics and the relics of saints are preserved.

    Prior to departure to Etchmiadzin, the president's farewell
    was held at the President's Palace inYerevan, at the end of which the two
    presidents held a meeting again.

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