“The patriarch has been informed of yesterday’s statement [made by Berzins]. As far as the president’s letter is concerned, it, as far as I know, has been received by the Secretariat of His Holiness,” Moscow Patriarchate spokesman Deacon Alexander Volkov told Interfax-Religion.
It was reported that Berzins had asked Patriarch Kirill to postpone his visit to Latvia.
The Latvian leader’s press secretary Liga Krapane explained this request with the tense international situation.
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