On Friday evening, February 10^th, 2023, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I and the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai held a meeting in Bkerki to follow up on the January 27^th meeting in Antelias, where they decided to invite Christian leaders and Christian members of the parliament to Bkerke, to work on reaching a common approach and facilitate the election of a president.

In attendance were MP Hagop Pakradouni and the representative of Patriarch Rai Archbishop Paul Sayah. 

Patriarch Rai briefed His Holiness on the progress of the meetings thus far. In turn, His Holiness underlined the importance of the continuation of the efforts until a consensus is reached. He stressed that the Catholicosate of Cilicia fully supports the imperative of dialogue between sides.

At the end of the meeting, MP Pakradouni gave a statement to the press.