Biden to meet Vartholomaios in Washington on October 23
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Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios is scheduled to meet with US President Joe Biden at the White House on October 23, news website Al-Monitor reported Thursday.
The spiritual leader of roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians will also have breakfast with Turkey’s new ambassador to Washington, Hasan Murat Mercan, during his visit to the US capital, the report said, citing sources that spoke on condition of anonymity.
Biden has yet to invite Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as relations between the two countries remain strained over Turkey’s decision to acquire Russian missile systems and its activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, among other matters.
