Armenian Foreign Minister meets Coptic Pope Tawadros II

Armenian Foreign Minister, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, who is currently on an official visit to Egypt, on Sunday met with Pope Tawadros II, the Head of the Coptic Church in Egypt.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry in a tweet said that issues related to religious minorities in the Middle East were among the topics discussed.

Later the Armenian Minister also met with his Egyptian counterpart, Sami Shukri

source: commonspace.eu

photo: The Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met in Cairo on Sunday (13 September) with Pope Tawdros II of the Copts (picture courtesy of the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry)

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