President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Great House of Cilicia.

He held meetings with prelate of the Western Diocese Archbishop Mushegh Martirosyan, members of the diocese’s central executive and religious councils, representatives of local Armenian community.

They discussed the issues related to life in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Artsakh-Diaspora relations.    

President Sahakyan gave appraisal of the role of Great House of Cilicia in preserving Armenian national identity in the Diaspora, expressing gratitude to the representatives of the Armenian community for continuous support for Nagorno-Karabakh.

Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, Armenia’s Consul General to Los Angeles Grigor Hovhannisyan, head of the central information department of NKR President’s office David Babayan, NKR permanent representative to U.S.and Canada Robert Avetisyan and other officials were present.