ETCHMIADZIN, OCTOBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving on October 24 at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Sergey Sidorsky, the Prime Minister of Republic of Belarus who is on an official visit in Armenia, Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians expressed satisfaction with making closer and strengthening the Armenian-Belarusian relations at the state level, considering them natural consequence of centuries-old friendship of the Armenian and Belarusian peoples. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the Press Services of the Araratian Patriarchal Diocese, the Armenian Patriarch thanked in the person of the Prime Minister the authorities of Belarus as well for the attentive and careful attitude towards the Armenian community. His Holiness expressed confidence that the authorities will support the Armenian community in the affair of construction of an Armenian church in Belarus.

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