His Beatitude Cardinal Louis Sako received a delegation of Syrian think tank leaders at the Patriarchate headquarters in Baghdad, at the invitation of the Iraqi Group for Foreign Affairs.
The meeting included an in-depth discussion of the common challenges facing Iraq and Syria, with a focus on the importance of exchanging expertise between the two countries. This would contribute to building a genuine state based on democracy and the rule of law, respecting pluralism and diversity, and eliminating the concepts of quotas and division based on sectarianism.
His Beatitude emphasized the importance of achieving comprehensive national reconciliation and correcting negative trends, emphasizing that loyalty to the homeland should be paramount, along with the need to strengthen positive relations with neighboring countries. He also called for respect for international law and the preservation of individual freedoms as a fundamental guarantee of national unity.