25 February 2016. On Thursday morning representatives of the WCC and Norwegian Council of Churches met with His Holiness Aram I to discuss the problems in the Middle East, particularly those concerning Christians, and the problems concerning humanitarian assistance.
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His Holiness discussed the different faces of the Syrian crisis and their impact on Christian communities, and he described how the Churches in the Middle East were coping with the situation. Explaining that international aid to Iraq and Syria is not reaching Christian communities, the Catholicos appealed to the representatives to assist these communities bilaterally. He concluded by describing the specific situation and needs of Armenians in Syria.
