YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), March 18—Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, His Holiness Cyril, during his meeting with the President of Armenia Serge Sarkisian in Yerevan on Wednesday, stressed the importance of the spiritual factor in intergovernmental relations, RIA Novosti reports.

“The human factor in the intergovernmental relations is very important,” said the head of Russian Orthodox Church.

He said that “The politicians’ dialogs are held at the level of a political thought, the dialogs of businessmen are held at the level of the stomach and pocket, and the dialogs of religious leaders are held at the level of the hearts.”

“And when the highest authorities take part in this dialog, it becomes even more important for the countries and people,” Patriarch Cyril said.

He thanked the President of Armenia for the opportunity to meet and to discuss various issues of bilateral dialog in the presence of the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II.

“I want to discuss with you the issues of the cooperation between the countries in the international spiritual sphere with great pleasure,” said Sarkisian.

He also said that Russia is the strategic ally and the reliable partner of Armenia, and bilateral relations between the two countries are developing appropriately.

The Patriarch of Russia made a three-day visit to Armenia at the invitation of Karekin II, Catholicos of all Armenians.

Translated from Russian by YerevanReport.com