Yerevan/Mediamax/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended the ceremony of Papal inauguration in Rome today.
The President congratulated His Holiness on his being elected as the Bishop of Rome and becoming the spiritual leader of the worldwide Catholic church.
Serzh Sargsyan noted that this event has special sense and symbolic for the Armenian people which was the first to officially adopt Christianity.
The President was happy to state that the Holy See of the Saint Peter is now led by a friend of the Armenian people who is well aware of our culture and history which he had many times stated during his activities in Argentina.
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