During his brief visit to Doha, Qatar, upon the invitation of the Qatari Prime Minister, His Holiness Catholicos Aram conducted meetings with the ambassadors of Lebanon and Armenia. Additionally, he attended a dinner hosted in his honor by the Qatari Ambassador to the UK, Fahad Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, and visited former Minister of Energy, Abdullah Bin Attiyah, as per the latter’s invitation.

His Holiness Aram I also convened with the Executive Council of the Prelacy and received the Armenian community.

The pontifical delegation accompanying His Holiness included the Prelate of the UAE and Qatar, HG Bp. Mesrob Sarkissian, the Lebanese Armenian MP and the Head of the Armenian Parliamentary Bloc, MP Hagop Pakradouni, the Co-chair of the Central Council of the Catholicosate, Mr. Krikor Mahserejian, the Chair of the Armenian National Representatives Assembly of the Prelacy, Mr. Varoujan Nerguizian, the officer of the Armenian Church’s inter-church and inter-religious relations in the Middle East, V. Rev. Fr. Sarkis Aprahamian, and representatives of the Armenian Community. It is worth noting that in the absence of the Lebanese Ambassador, Consul Shant Vartanian was also present at the meetings.