Top religious figures to attend CIS religious council in Yerevan

Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh has arrived in Yerevan to take part in the presidium of the Inter-Religious Council of the CIS. The Patriarch of Moscow and All-Russia Kirill is also on his way to Yerevan, Interfax reports.

The session will be held in Yerevan on November 28-29.

Pashazadeh, Kirill and Catholicos Karekin II will discuss regional issues and the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The CIS Inter-Religious Council was formed on March 3, 2004, and is a public organization formed by traditional religious unity of the CIS.

The presidium is organized at least once in three years. An executive committee is managing the council between sessions.