On Wednesday, September 22, the new Secretary-General of the Permanent International Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Ambassador Lazar Comanescu, visited the Phanar, where he was warmly received by the Ecumenical Patriarch.
The Ecumenical Patriarch congratulated the Ambassador on assuming his new multifaceted duties and wished him fruitful service for the benefit of the International Organization, whose General Secretariat is based in Constantinople.