According to the press service of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos met on 16 August with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Geneva.
His Holiness Aram I also had meetings with representatives of the inter-ecclesiastical organizations that provide assistance to the Christian communities in Syria through the Middle East Council of Churches. Let us add that the Supreme Patriarch is one of the chairpersons of the Middle East Council of Churches for the past eight years.
His Holiness also met with President of Armenofas Humanitarian Foundation Teni Simonian and emphasized the importance of providing assistance to the Armenians of Syria.
Prior to the visit to Geneva, the Supreme Patriarch had met with president of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund France Bedros Terzian. Catholicos Aram I expressed his satisfaction with the support that the Fund has been providing to the Armenian schools of Syria over the years and stressed the imperative to continue.
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