YEREVAN, MARCH 8, ARMENPRESS. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has phoned Patriarchal Vicar Aram Atesyan of the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul to extend condolences over the passing of Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan who died today aged 62 after many years of suffering from dementia, Daily Sabah reported.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan