The working visit of RA High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Zareh Sinanyan to Istanbul continues.
Within the framework of the visit, Sinanyan met with Very Rev. Fr. Vartan Kazanjian, the spiritual leader and Patriarchal Vicar of the Armenian Catholic community of Istanbul and Turkey.
During the meeting, reference was made to the life of the Armenian Catholic community of Istanbul and Turkey, to the work directed at preserving national and spiritual identity, to the activity of community structures, as well as to issues concerning the strengthening of Armenia-Diaspora ties.
Zareh Sinanyan stressed the role of the Armenian Catholic community’s spiritual and national structures in preserving Armenian identity, spiritual values and national traditions and in transmitting them to the next generations.
