Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Visits President Dr. Fouad Maasoum of Iraq
Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate – 3/3/16
His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II visited the President of Iraq Dr. Fouad Maasoum at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad.
His Holiness was accompanied by their Eminences: Mor Severius Hawa, Archbishop of Baghdad and Basra, Mor Timotheos Moussa Al-Shamani, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mor Matta monastery, Mor Timotheos Matta Al-Khoury, Patriarchal Secretary, His Grace Mor Maurice Amsih, Director of Public Relations and Patriarchal Delegate in Al-Jazeerah and Euphrates, and Very Rev. Raban Joseph Bali, Patriarchal Secretary and Media Office Director.
During the meeting, His Holiness demanded that the rights of the Syriac people be preserved and given to them. He also asked President Maasoum to help in the case of the two kidnapped Archbishops of Aleppo Mor Gregorius Youhanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yaziji.
His Excellency President Maasoum welcomed His Holiness and the accompanying delegation and discussed with His Holiness the articles of the constitution that are relevant to the recognition of the Syriac people as an indigenous people in Iraq.
