Karabakh president Sahakyan met with Patriarchate in Beirut

On 23 August President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited Patriarchate of the Armenian Catholic Church in Beirut where he met Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX, supreme hierarchs of church and representatives of the Armenian community.

Issues related to Homeland-Diaspora ties as well as domestic and foreign policy were discussed during the meeting.
Bako Sahakyan highlighted the importance of steadily strengthening the ties between various segments of the Diaspora, underlining that in this process making more frequent periodical visits is of special significance. He also highly appreciated the contribution of the Armenian Catholic Church in preserving Armenian cultural and educational centers in the Diaspora, particularly in Lebanon.

Among other Karabakhi high-ranking officials accompanying Mr Sahakyan were also Adviser to the President of the Artsakh Republic Armen Isagoulov, Minister of Education and Science Vladik Khachatryan, Head of the Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh Republic President David Babayan, Permanent Representative of the Artsakh Republic in the Middle East Karo Kebabjyan, as well as Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan.

On the same day the Head of the State held a press-conference for a number of leading Lebanese mass media. Issues related to socioeconomic development of the Artsakh Republic, Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement process and Artsakh-Diaspora ties were touched upon during the press-conference.

On 24 August Mr Sahakyan met with representatives of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund's Lebanese branch headed by its chairman Sargis Armenyan. Issues related to socioeconomic development of the Artsakh Republic and implementation of various projects in the country were discussed during the meeting.

Karabakh president The Head of the State rated high the contribution of the fund in the development of Artsakh noting that he anticipated further activation of the Lebanese Armenian community in this process.