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16 May 2005 - 06:11 AMT

ARA ABRAHAMIAN CALLED TO DEVELOP ARMENIA-ISRAEL RELATIONS

Chairman of the World Congress of Armenians Ara Abrahamian called to develop the Armenian-Israeli relations, ITAR-TASS reports. “Our Churches are bound by centuries-old history however presently the bilateral relations are not satisfactory and need development”, Ara Abrahamian stated noting that there is no Armenian Embassy in Israel. “Armenia and Israel have a common part of history and the affinity of cultural and national traditions can serve as a basis for the development of bilateral relations”, he stressed. To note, Ara Abrahamian served on the delegation to Israel headed by Catholicos of All Armenian Garegin II. The Armenian delegation was composed by Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsian, representatives of the RA Foreign Ministry and RA Central Bank President Tigran Sargsian. Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger accepted Armenian Catholicos’s invitation to visit Armenia in the near future.