« The Patriarch of Georgia has the wisdom to make a decision regarding the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church, » said Metropolitan Emmanuel of France (Patriarchate of Constantinople) immediately after meeting with the Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia. The Metropolitan, addressing the media, added: « It is with great joy that we are here today in the hospitable country of Georgia, and especially in the precincts of the Most Holy Church of Georgia ».