President Zelensky to meet with Patriarch Bartholomew in Turkey
President Vladimir Zelensky. Photo: politeka.net
On August 7-8, 2019, President Vladimir Zelensky will be on a visit to Turkey, where he is to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, reports the press service of the President’s Office.
“In the framework of the visit, the Head of State will hold negotiations with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara and have a meeting with representatives of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar communities.
In Istanbul, Vladimir Zelensky will also have a meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople,” the press service said.
As reported, earlier the UOC Chancellor Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) commented on the statement of President Vladimir Zelensky, who called on the Church for dialogue. “Of course, we are not against dialogue and have publicly stated this more than once. But any full-fledged dialogue can be built only on trust and the lack of desire of one of the parties to break their opponents through the knee,” the hierarch explained.
We recall that on July 28, 2019, on the Day of the Christianization of Rus’, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelensky called for interfaith dialogue so that faith unites but does not separate Ukrainians.
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