Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, in New Delhi on Friday.
- Modi said they held a discussion on a "wide range of issues," according to his public statement.
- Rajeev Chandrasekhar, president of the BJP’s Kerala unit, attended the meeting, as reported by PTI.
- According to a release cited by The Hindu, topics included the long-running Church dispute, and the release claimed Modi expressed a preference for an out-of-court resolution by consensus.
- Modi shared the encounter on X in both English and Malayalam, and PTI’s account of the meeting was widely carried by outlets including ThePrint and Rediff.