17 February 2015. His Holiness Catholicos Aram I sent letters of condolences and solidarity to President of Egypt Abdel Fattah elĀSisi and Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church, for the killing of 21 Egyptian Copts by Islamist extremists in Libya.
After expressing his condolences His Holiness reminded the dangerous consequences of extremism that could jeopardize the peaceful Christian-Muslim coexistence in the region.
After reminding that extremism is a global evil Catholicos Aram I emphasized the crucial urgency of combating extremism in all its forms and expressions.
