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Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received today Dominik Cardinal Duka, Czech Primate and Archbishop of Prague, the press service of the Armenian president reported..

The president welcomed the guest, who he said is one of the Armenian people’s best friends and is always a welcome guest in Armenia. Serzh Sargsyan warmly recalled his previous meeting with Cardinal Duka and expressed satisfaction that Armenian-Czech meetings at various levels give a fresh impetus to bilateral relations and they continue to develop dynamically.

According to Serzh Sargsyan, the opening of the Czech embassy in Armenia under the agreement reached during his meeting with President Zeman will greatly contribute to the strengthening of the friendship between the Armenian and Czech peoples and the development of relations between the two countries.

“As a first country of the world to adopt Christianity as a state religion, we greatly value the broadening of spiritual ties and relations with the peoples sharing similar worldviews. Undoubtedly, the Czech people are among them. From this point of view, I attach great importance and value to your visit to Armenia,” President Serzh Sargsyan said.

At the meeting, the sides attached importance on the relationship between the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Czech Catholic Church, in which, according to the president, Cardinal Duka has played an invaluable role. Armenia’s president highly appreciated the decision to allocate Prague’s Church of the Holy Spirit to the Gregory the Illuminator parish community of the Armenian Apostolic Church, considering it an important event in the life of the Czech-Armenian community in terms of preserving their faith and identity.

Czech Primate and the Archbishop of Prague said he is delighted to visit Armenia, a country that was the first to adopt Christianity as a state religion and also has a rich ancient history and culture and people who command high respect.

Noting that the Czech people remember the crime committed against the Armenian people at the beginning of the last century, Cardinal Dominik Duka expressed confidence that the close relationship and collaboration between the two friendly peoples, states and churches should also seek to promote peace in the world and eliminate intolerance.