On 22 November President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church's Great House of Cilicia and met prelate of the Western Diocese Archbishop Moushegh Martirosyan, members of the diocese's central executive and religious councils, representatives of local Armenian community. As informs Central Information Department of the Office of the ARTSAKH REPUBLIC President, issues related to life in the NKR and the Artsakh-Diaspora relations were discussed during the meeting. The President rated high the role played by the Great House of Cilicia in preserving Armenian national identity in the Diaspora and expressed gratitude to the representatives of the Armenian community for continuous support shown to Artsakh. Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, consular general of the Republic of Armenia in Los Angeles Grigor Hovhannisyan, head of the central information department of the office of the Artsakh Republic President David Babayan, NKR permanent representative to USA and Canada Robert Avetisyan and other officials partook at the meeting.

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