9 April 2016. On Saturday evening, the President of the Organization, Toufik Baakline, and his delegation met with His Holiness Aram I in his office.

After presenting their plans and hearing the recommendation of the Catholicos, they assured him of their solidarity with the Armenians in Karabagh and promised to lobby in Washington on their behalf. Catholicos Aram I had met the president and the members of the Organization during the 2014 meeting of Spiritual Leaders of the Middle East in Washington, which they had organized.