Antioch Patriarch Receives Occupied Abkhazia’s De Facto Foreign Minister in Damascus - Civil Georgia

Antioch Patriarch Receives Occupied Abkhazia’s De Facto Foreign Minister in Damascus - Civil Georgia

Patriarch John X of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East received Oleg Bartsits, the de facto foreign minister of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, and an accompanying delegation, the Antioch Patriarchate reported on August 25, referring to Bartsits as the “Republic of Abkhazia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.” The meeting was held in Damascus, Syria, where the Antioch Patriarchate is based. Sources from Abkhazia’s…

Patriarch of Antioch recieved the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia | Orthodox Times (en)

Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East received the Republic of Abkhazia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oleg Bartsits, along with the accompanying ministerial delegation.