Belarus President pledges support for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue
6/4/2010
MINSK, 6 April (BelTA) – The state supports and will keep supporting the dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox churches, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Metropolitan of the Minsk and Mogilev Archidiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Belarus, at St Mary Cathedral in Minsk on 6 April, BelTA has learnt.
The head of state underlined that it became a good tradition to discuss topical issues with the heads of the Catholic Church. “I think this is a good signal to our society. However, I would not want this meeting to be purely formal; we should discuss specific issues that accumulated over the last year. We will also talk about the overall situation with the religious communities,” the President said.
“I should say that your coming to an Orthodox church on Easter and our joint congratulations were properly received by the society,” the Belarusian head of state said.
“I am glad that the Catholic and Orthodox churches are developing really good relations, it is very important for me and I will support it,” Alexander Lukashenko added.
