I Suggest Calling World Leaders; They Won't Decline Our Request, and Aliyev Can't Reject Them Either: International Expert

International expert Suren Sargsyan wrote on his Facebook page: “Regarding ecclesiastical diplomacy, I have been proposing for a while to call various world leaders (including of course Biden) and among other issues, to ask them to mediate in the matter of returning hostages. The leaders will not decline our request. Aliyev also cannot reject the leaders. But the country's Prime Minister does not engage in this. I do not know why.

Yesterday, I received with great enthusiasm the announcement of the possibility of addressing His Holiness the Pope on this issue. I also think they can address Patriarch Kirill. In general, ecclesiastical diplomacy can play an extremely important role, especially when secular power is 'absent'. Any humanitarian initiative can be implemented through the mediation of the church. The church has all the capabilities and historical experience to fulfill certain state functions in the absence of the state.

Moreover, perhaps it is exactly the Catholicos Garegin and Catholicos Aram who will try to fully carry out this important and God-pleasing mission. In this way, the church will return its faithful children home, which also means raising the authority of the church.