Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II today met with Hagop Der Khatchadourian, representative of the ARF Bureau and Chairman of the Central Council of Armenian Cause Committee, and a delegation led by Murad Papazyan, Co-Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in France, and a member of the ARF Bureau.

Deputies of the French Senate were also part of the delegation.

Catholicos Karekin II stressed the need to protect the rights of Armenia and Artsakh Armenians and the efforts made by the French authorities in that direction.  

He answered the questions posed by delegation members regarding the work carried out by the Mother See in the preservation of Artsakh's spiritual and cultural heritage and the return of Armenian prisoners of war.