Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received the Consul General of France in Constantinople, Bertrand Buchwalter, today in the Phanar.
The French Consul visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the occasion of the end of his term in Constantinople and his transfer to London.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew thanked Consul Buchwalter for his interest in the issues of both the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greeks of Constantinople and wished him all the best for the future.