Greek Prime Minister Tsipras to Patriarch Bartholomew: « We thank you for your attempt to solve the Skopje problem »

While visiting Athens, where he met with President Pavlopoulos and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was received by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in his official residence at the Maximos Mansion. They discussed about the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the resolution of the problem of the schismatic Church of Skopje [in Macedonia]. Prime Minister Tsipras thanked the Ecumenical Patriarch for his efforts