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  • ANKARA: Religions, civilizations to meet in Hatay in late September

    anasayfa
    17 Sept 2005

    Religions, civilizations to meet in Turkish city of Hatay in late September

    The eyes of the world will turn to the Turkish city of Hatay from September
    25-30, when religious leaders of five different faiths come together there
    for a Meeting of Civilizations. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who
    will officially open up the meeting, is expected to make a call for an
    "international platform against global terrorism."
    An invitation to the Meeting of Civilizations was issued to Pope Benedict
    XVI by the Foreign Ministry, and though the Pope himself will not be
    attending, the Vatican is sending four high ranking members to the event. A
    variety of other religious leaders are also expected to attend, including
    Armenian Patriarch Mesrob Mutafian, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomeus,
    Syrian Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Zekka Ayyvaz, and Turkish Jewish
    community leader Silvio Ovadio.

    The Turkish Foreign Ministry is giving active support to the Meeting of
    Civilizations, hoping among other things that it will have a positive effect
    in the days leading up to the October 3 start to EU accession talks.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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