The Foreign Minister is in Turkey, Nikos Dendias – He met Bartholomew
The Ecumenical Patriarch met in a cordial atmosphere, Bartholomew with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendia, on Wednesday, 14 April 2021. At the beginning of their meeting, The Ecumenical Patriarch warmly welcomed the Greek Foreign Minister and referred to the meeting of Mr.. Dendia with his counterpart Mevlüt Tsavousoglu, in Ankara on Thursday, 15 April………..
"The good bilateral relations between Turkey and Greece are of direct interest to the existence of the Ecumenical Patriarchate here at its Headquarters., its stability and the prosperity of the Greek Diaspora, because, Good or bad, these things are interrelated. The Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greek Diaspora feel the effects of the good or bad relations between the two countries. Objectively, the Patriarchate as an ancient institution should not be shaken, the consequences of bilateral relations between the two countries, but it also happens. That’ We are glad for the visit of His Excellency and Mr. Filtatos. Minister with this perspective, that is, the prospect of improving relations between the two countries and we wish full success in tomorrow's communications ".
»We are happy, because the conditions were such that they allowed this official visit to take place and we thank him. Minister, because inside the loaded, busy schedule of his visit here, wanted to have, and in fact right from the start, just arrived in Istanbul, this official communication with our Ecumenical Patriarchate. We express to him, and through this we express to Mr.. Prime Minister and in the honest Greek Government, all our wishes for success on all fronts, both on the pandemic front and on the pandemic consequences front, I mean financial problems, I mean the issues of education, which are directly affected by the pandemic, and we monitor how much effort and how much effort Mr.. Prime Minister and his Government to face these burning daily problems in Greece ".
From his side, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias stressed his special joy and emotion for his meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch, conveying the warm greetings and respect of the Prime Minister, Kyriakou Mitsotaki. He expressed his wishes and congratulations to His Holiness for the completion this year of thirty years since his election to the Ecumenical Throne and sixty years of priesthood. "May God support and bless his effort in the leadership of Orthodoxy", he said, among others and underlined the interest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the initiatives of His Holiness in various fields, such as that of the protection of the natural environment.
Noting, that due to extraordinary restrictive measures in force in Fanari, after the appearance of a small number of cases of coronavirus, The meeting took place at the Sismanogleio Palace of Gen.. Consulate.