Deputy Foreign Minister for Diaspora Greeks Antonis Diamataris said that he himself and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis would support Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa. The Primate of the Church of Alexandria warmly welcomed the deputy minister to the seat of the Patriarchate of Alexandria.
Antonis Diamataris arrived on Wednesday, accompanied by the Ambassador of Greece to Egypt, Nikos Garilidis, and the Consul General in Alexandria, Athanasios Kotsionis.
“It is a great pleasure and a blessing for me to visit the historic Patriarchate of Alexandria and Patriarch Theodore, for whom I myself and the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, have great esteem and respect,” the deputy minister told ANA-MPA.
The Patriarch of Alexandria warmly welcomed the Greek deputy minister.
“I would like to express my delight at being able to welcome Antonis Diamataris here today. It is a great honour to be a Greek expatriate, to have served the Greek community in many parts of the world. Now as the spiritual father of Alexandria and all Africa, I would like to welcome the deputy minister,” pointed out the Patriarch of Alexandria.
Finally, the Patriarch of Alexandria said,
“Egypt, our Greece and our Cyprus will be three countries that will send a great message of peace and love in the Mediterranean Sea. We would like to thank you and we are grateful to you.”
