CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS MET WITH ARGENTINEAN PRESIDENT

Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II being on visit in Buenos Aires met with Argentinean President Nestor Kirchner. As reported by the Holy Echmiatsin Chancellery today, in the course of the meeting His Holiness wished welfare and prosperity to the country, which had become a fatherland for many Armenians. In his turn, N. Kirchner noted the Argentinean Armenians were devoted to their fatherland. The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church met also with the Vice President and Chairman of the Argentinean Parliament, Foreign Minister and Buenos Aires Mayor. In the course of the meetings the Catholicos informed the interlocutors that in 2005 the Armenian people mark the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey and the 1600-th anniversary of creation of the Armenian alphabet, inviting them to visit Armenia. Garegin II also met with representatives of the Armenian community, visited an Armenian Catholic church in Buenos Aires and local Armenian education institutions. It should be noted that before arriving in Argentina the Patriarch visited Brazil and Uruguay.