President Ilves met with Patriarch of Constantinople

17.04.2010

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who is on an official visit to Turkey, visited the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople today. President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who is on an official visit to Turkey, visited the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople today.

The Estonian Head of State thanked the Patriarch for his strong support of the Orthodox Church of Estonia, which restored its activities in Estonia under the continuity of rights.

Yesterday, President Ilves met in Ankara with the Turkish Head of State, Mr. Abdullah Gül, the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mr. Mehmet Ali Sahin, and he gave a presentation at Bilkent University.

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