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Top Vatican envoy postpones trip to Armenia

VATICAN CITY
Sun Mar 2, 2008 6:10am EST

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A top Vatican envoy has postponed a visit to Armenia because of the unrest in the capital Yerevan, the Vatican said on Sunday.

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Secretary of State Cardinal Taarcisio Bertone, who ranks only second to the pope in the Vatican hierarchy, had been due to leave later on Sunday and stay until March 6.

A Vatican statement said the trip was not cancelled and could take place later.

The second leg of Bertone's trip, to Azerbaijan from March 6-9, would go ahead as scheduled.

Eight people were killed and 33 police injured in Armenia's capital during overnight protests, which ended after the government declared a state of emergency and mobilized the army.

The state of emergency, effective until March 20, followed the worst unrest in a decade, sparked by opposition protests against a February 19 presidential election they said was rigged.
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