OHRID, OCTOBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. A world conference on the dialogue between religions and civilizations titled "Benefit of religion and culture to peace, mutual respect and co-existence" was held in the city of Ohrid in Macedonia between October 26 and 28. The conference was organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia with the cooperation of the Commission for Relations with the Religious Communities. The conference was assisted by the government of the Republic of Macedonia, UNESCO, the World Islamic League, as well as the "Religions for Peace" world organization. Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahian, the primate of the diocese of Shirak, took part in the conference for the Armenian Apostolic Church with the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, the Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the aim of the conference was to show that through dialogues and active activities the world can become a place, where people can exchange cultural information, make use of the creative force of differences and cooperate, due to which it will be possible to overcome religious, racial and public discriminations, as well as stress the importance of the national and religious co-existence.

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