During the audience with His Holiness, KAICIID Director General Fahad Abualnasr expressed his gratitude to the Pope for supporting KAICIID and its efforts to promote interreligious dialogue as a means to peace and conflict resolution.

Reverend Ayuso addressed the gathering during the opening ceremony of the conference. KAICIID Board of Directors members Rabbi David Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee), and Reverend Kosho Niwano, also spoke at the conference.