STEPANKERT. – Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) President Arayik Haroutyunyan on Thursday held a telephone conversation with the Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II.

President Haroutyunyan and His Holiness discussed the programs of cooperation with the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, state-church relations and spiritual life of Artsakh, Central Information Department of the Office of the Republic of Artsakh President informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. Reference was made to the efforts directed towards preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The President expressed gratitude to the Supreme Patriarch for constant support shown to Artsakh and expressed a desire to visit the Mother See in the near future. The Catholicos of All Armenians accepted Arayik Haroutyunyan’s intention with satisfaction and conveyed his blessings and best wishes to the Armenians of Artsakh.

The telephone conversation took place on the initiative of Arayik Haroutyunyan.