At the airport, Pope Francis was greeted also by the “Little Singers of Armenia” choir which performed medieval Armenian carols. Children dressed in the Armenian national costumes presented to His Holiness Armenian apricot and Armenian lavash which was included on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Today, Armenia still aspires for peace. In any event, we prefer peaceful negotiation to shooting. We are ready for peaceful regional coexistence, as hard as the road to peace may be. It is perhaps because durable peace is based upon the idea of people’s freedom and free expression of will.
We give glory and thanks to God, as we welcome you, and the delegation accompanying you today, with brotherly love and prayer in this holy cathedral, where the Only-Begotten Son descended. We are deeply touched that per Our invitation You have visited Armenia, to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Naturally, importance of Great Britain wasn’t and won’t be limited by membership to the EU and leaving it. Great Britain has a great impact in our region—the South Caucasus, and pursues both big economic and energy, as well as geo-political interests, which in different periods are expressed by sharpness or visibility of various degree, however, they have always been existent.
Pope Francis has arrived in Yerevan. President Serzh Sargsyan and Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Garegin II welcomed the Pope in the “Zvartnots Armenia” International Airport.
Foreign media outlets attach particular attention to the fact, that visit of the Pope is not a regional, he visits to Armenia only. His visit to our neighboring countries is planned later—in late summer. According to the assessment of media outlets, which follow clerical news, international interest towards the visit of Armenia is compatible only with the meeting of the Pope and Russia’s Patriarch held this February. For his visit to Armenia Pope Francis has chosen the slogan of John-Paul II “Visit to the first Christian country.” founder of papal throne is considered Apostle Peter.
he aircraft will land in Armenia’s “Zvartnots” Airport at 15:00. After the official welcoming ceremony at the airport, the Pope will depart for Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin, where a welcoming ceremony will take place. Later on the same day, Pope Francis will meet President Serzh Sargsyan in the Presidential Palace, and then with Armenian officials, representatives of the society and diplomatic corps.
The tariff of electricity will decrease by 2.58 AMD for Armenian consumers starting from August 1. The draft on decreasing the electricity tariff was discussed and approved during the Public Services Regulatory Commission’s session on June 24.
“Resolution on expansion of observation mission may be considered a progress for the Armenian side. The statement adopted in St. Petersburg as a result of negotiations allows to officially consider “aggressor” the side, which will violate the ceasefire after the summit. Another important result in NK conflict settlement process was maintenance of Russia’s role as a chief player. “
On the whole, 21 issues have been included in the agenda. The issue of amendments to the Electoral Code will be debated as well. Need for amendments to the Electoral Code emerged after the authorities and the opposition agreed on a range of key issues and signed a statement on consensus.
