On January 10, Cyprus President Dimitrios Christofias, accompanied by an 18 member delegation, visited the Catholicosate of Cilicia.

President Christofias and His Holiness Aram I held a private meeting during which they discussed relations between Cyprus and Lebanon, Cyprus and Armenia and the Armenian community in Cyprus.

They then held an expanded meeting with the participation of the Cypriot delegation, members of the Executive Council of the Church, Armenian members of the Lebanese government and parliamentarians.