His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew travelled to Ankara on Tuesday, March 10, following an invitation from Recep Tayyip Erdogan to attend an Iftar dinner at the Presidential Palace during the Ramadan period.
The Patriarch extended his wishes to the President and, through him, to all Muslims in the country for Ramadan.
He returned to Istanbul later the same day and was accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon.
A similar official dinner had also been hosted in Ankara on Monday by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
The Ecumenical Patriarch, who is invited each year, was represented at that event by His Eminence Metropolitan Joachim of Prusa.
