Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher,Vatican Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, has arrived in Azerbaijan for a three-day visit.

Axar.az reports that this information was shared by Vatican News.

According to his programme, Archbishop Gallagher will meet with local religious representatives on Saturday, December 14, and visit the "Meryem Merkezi" Educational Center, managed by the Missionaries of Charity.

The blessing of the site and the laying of the foundation stone for the new church in Baku, dedicated to Saint John Paul II, will take place on the same day.The church will be built on Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh Street in the Yasamal district of the capital.

On Sunday, December 15, the archbishop will preside over the Eucharistic celebration at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Baku.

Later in the day, he is scheduled to participate in an interreligious meeting with Sheikh Ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade.

On Monday, December 16, Archbishop Gallagher will meet the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, followed by a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeyhun Bayramov.