STEPANAKERT. - President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Bako Sahakyan received members of the Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church headed by the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.

President Sahakyan welcomed the meeting of Supreme Spiritual Council in Artsakh, stressing the significant role of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the establishing, developing and strengthening of the national statehood, consistently reinforcing the Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora trinity, as well as maintaining the Armenian national identity and values, the Office of the NKR President reports.