On Thursday 24 November 2013, His Holiness Aram I received a delegation representing the Publishing Houses in Armenia accompanied by the Director of the office of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia. The head of the Vahé Setian Printing House in Lebanon was also present at the meeting.

Catholicos Aram I thanked the guests for the visit and expressed his appreciation for their efforts to keep the Publishing industry running.  The Catholicos then said, “The cultural hegemony of ongoing globalization is taking over our spiritual values. We should all work together to cope with this situation and communicate our values through the Armenian books.” The Catholicos then concluded, “Armenia-Diaspora relations should be strengthened to help our people to identify as one nation with one culture.”