YEREVAN. – Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan, who is in Georgia on an official visit, met with the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II.

Ilia II welcomed the Armenian PM’s visit to Georgia, and expressed confidence that this trip will contribute to the further development and strengthening of ties between the two friendship nations, Press Office of the Government of Armenia informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Karapetyan, for his part, conveyed to the spiritual leader of Georgia the respects and warm greetings by President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II. Also, the PM expressed satisfaction with the results of the talks with his Georgian colleagues, during this visit. In addition, he expressed gratitude for the attention which Georgian authorities and the Georgian church show toward the Armenian community and Armenian cultural treasures in Georgia. 

At the ensuing talk, the interlocutors underscored the role of the Armenian Apostolic and Georgian Orthodox Churches in the lives of Armenian and Georgian peoples and the two countries.