FM Dendias met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
epa09134697 Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias (R) and Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I (L) speak to media after their meeting at the Greek Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey, 14 April 2021. Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias will meet with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara tomorrow on April 15, following scheduling adjustments announced yesterday. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN
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Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias arrived in Istanbul on Wednesday, where he was received by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
In his statements, Dendias expressed his great pleasure at this meeting, while conveying “the warm greetings and respect of the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.”
The foreign minister also congratulated the Patriarch on the completion this year of 30 years of his presence on the Ecumenical Throne and sixty years in the priesthood.
“The initiatives of the Patriarch on particularly sensitive issues, such as, for example, environmental protection issues, for which the Ecumenical Throne has developed a great deal of global activity, are of great interest to us at the foreign ministry,” Dendias said.
“So, I will have the opportunity to discuss them with him, in addition to issues concerning Orthodoxy and the Greek Diaspora here in Istanbul, also other issues of common interest,” he added.
Source: ANA – MPA
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