DECR Secretary for Interfaith Relations attends meeting with Vice Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates

DECR Secretary for Interfaith Relations attends meeting with Vice Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Секретарь ОВЦС по межрелигиозным отношениям участвовал во встрече с вице-премьером Объединенных Арабских Эмиратов print version August 31, 2019 1:53 p.m. On August 29, 2019, on the sidelines of the Moscow International Forum “City of Education”, held at VDNH, the Secretary of Interreligious Relations of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Executive Secretary of the Interreligious Council of Russia Priest Dimitry Safonov met with the blessing of the DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion Volokolamsky and the Deputy Prime Minister and The Minister of the Interior of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The meeting was held in the pavilion dedicated to educational projects of the UAE. The meeting was also attended by the bishop of the Russian United Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith S.V. Ryakhovsky and President of the Conference of European Rabbis, Chief Rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt. During the conversation, a representative of the DECR introduced the distinguished guest to the activities of the Interreligious Council of Russia and presented a brochure on the 20th anniversary of the MCP. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nahyan told the guests in detail about the work being carried out in the UAE in the field of strengthening inter-religious cooperation.