Wednesday, July 6, 2011

AGREEMENT ON STATUS OF CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AZERBAIJAN

VATICAN CITY, 6 JUL 2011 (VIS) - This morning in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, and Elmar Mammadyarov, minister for foreign affairs of Azerbaijan, exchanged the instruments of ratification of the Agreement between the Holy See and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

  The Agreement, which is written in English and Azeri and includes a preamble and eight articles, regulates the position of the Catholic Church in Azerbaijan. It comes into force with the exchange of instruments of ratification, as per article 8 of the Agreement itself.
OP/                                    VIS 20110706 (110)

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