President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited New York-based residence of U.S.  Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Great House of Cilicia to meet with Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, members of the diocesan council and representatives of the local Armenian community.

The issues related to life in Karabakh, Motherland-Diaspora and church-society relations were discussed during the meeting.

President Sahakyan gave appraisal of the role played by the Great House of Cilicia in preserving Armenian national identity in America and strengthening ties with the Motherland.

Head of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, Armenia’s permanent representative to UN Garen Nazarian, head of the central information department of the office of NKR President David Babayan, NKR permanent representative to U.S.and Canada Robert Avetisyan were present at the meeting.