28/11/2011 13:06
Russian Patriarch Kiril arrives in Yerevan
Russian Patriarch Kiril landed in “Zvartnots” international airport, Yerevan. Armenian Supreme Patriarch Garegin II, Deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan and other senior officials met him in the airport.
Today and tomorrow the meeting of the Presidium of the CIS religious council will be held. The official opening ceremony will kick off soon in Sport and Concert complex. President Serzh Sargsyan will also attend the event.
Today will be held the three-lateral CIS Inter-Religious Council meeting, at the end of which a statement will be made for the Media.
Early in the morning the chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Department, Allashukur Pashazade, arrived in Yerevan.
Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia said he would not be attending the meeting.