ArmInfo.On April 21, His Holiness In the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received a delegation led by Khaldun Hina, President of the Jordan-European Parliament Friendship Association of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, accompanied by Arthur Davtyan, Head of the Armenia-Jordan Friendship Group, according to The Armenian Reporter.
Welcoming the guests' visit to Armenia, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness expressed hope that it would further strengthen the relations between the two parliaments, greatly contributing to the further close cooperation between the countries.
Speaking about the problems of preservation of the Armenian spiritual and cultural heritage in the territories under the control of Azerbaijan, the cases of desecration and destruction of sanctuaries, khachkars, tombstones, His Holiness noted that this policy adopted by Azerbaijan is not in line with the spirit of Islam and must be strongly condemned by the Islamic world.
In his turn, Mr. Khaldun Hina conveyed to His Holiness the greetings of the people of Jordan, the Jordanian-Armenians.