On Wednesday, the Most Reverend Rowan Williams, who was the Archbishop of Canterbury 2002-2012, met the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Bolaris.
They spoke about immigration, the persecution that Christians (especially in the Middle East) and the destruction of many Christian's ancestral homes. They also discussed the destruction of significant world cultural heritages sites and the appropriate responses of countries, religious institutions, and international organisations.
The Deputy Minister briefed the Most Reverend Rowan Williams on the two-day conference on religious and ecclesiastical diplomacy organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where they invited representatives of every religion in Greece, as well as representatives of primeval Orthodox Patriarchates, to voice their views on current issues of religious diplomacy.
The Deputy Minister also informed him of the establishment of the Centre for Religious Liberty and Diplomacy.
Most Rev Rowan Williams attributed said Greece had done well in communicating a peaceful co-existence in regions which traditionally were multi-religious and multi-cultural. He laid out proposals for dealing with the radicalisation of Muslims in Western Europe and hoped that Greece and Great Britain would continue to eradicate intolerance and protect persecuted populations.
Williams also agreed with the Deputy Minister on the contribution of continuous dialogue between Christian and Muslim religious leaders in this regard.
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