Archbishop Sahak Mashalian, Patriarch of the Armenians of Constantinople, received High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs of Armenia Zareh Sinanyan on November 10.
The Patriarchate of the Armenians of Constantinople has issued a statement to this effect.
The statement said that Zareh Sinanyan stressed that during his first visit to Istanbul he wished to become acquainted with the activities of the spiritual centre of the Armenian community of Turkey.
The Patriarch of the Armenians of Constantinople thanked Zareh Sinanyan for the visit. Archbishop Sahak Mashalian conveyed information to Zareh Sinanyan about the patriarchal see and the Armenian community, wished Sinanyan success and stressed the importance of the process of normalisation of relations between Armenia and Turkey.
