After the inauguration ceremony Pope Francis received heads of the states, including President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. .

Pope talked to Sargsyan longer than to other guests, Nouvelles d’Arménie reported.

The website of French Armenians quotes Ulysse Gosset, who was making report for French BFM TV, recalling that Armenia has a special place in Christianity. It is the first state which adopted Christianity as a state religion.