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    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
    Communication and Information Department
    Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
    Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
    Fax: (04) 419724
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.cathcil.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

    Armenian version: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Armenian.htm


    &quo t;CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM SPIRITUAL LEADERS
    APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE"

    Declared HIS HOLINESS ARAM I


    Speaking to the press after the meeting of the spiritual Heads of the
    Christian and Muslim communities in Lebanon, His Holiness Aram I, the head
    of the Armenian Orthodox Community said: "This is the true Lebanon; this
    togetherness of Muslim and Christian Spiritual leaders concretely manifest
    the real image of Lebanon. This very meeting by itself is a living message.
    It is a message of the crucial importance of coexistence; it is a message of
    peace with justice; it is a message of compassion tolerance and mutual
    respect. In fact, violence is not the way to solve problems. Dialogue,
    mutual understanding and compromise based on justice and peace for all, is
    the most efficient way of dealing with complex issues and situations".

    Referring to the meeting of religious Heads, His Holiness Aram I said:
    "Together with one voice in our joint declaration we appealed for immediate
    ceasefire and cessation of all hostilities. We expressed our full support to
    all actions and initiatives taken by the government of Lebanon. We
    emphasized the importance of the expansion of the state's authority over all
    the territories of Lebanon. It is our firm expectation that international
    community and particularly the United Nations will act decisively to stop
    violence and help Lebanon to recover itself".

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    The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
    the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Ecumenical
    activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
    the Catholicosate, http://www.cathcil.org/ The Cilician Catholicosate, the
    administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.
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