According to the Patriarchate, the meeting was held today.

"The President congratulated His Holiness on the feast of Iliaoba and also talked about the event held in the Vatican; she emphasized the importance of presenting the Georgian culture at a high level.

Salome Zourabichvili expressed her sorrow over the death of crew members, rescuers and doctors as a result of the crash of the Border Police helicopter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Gudauri and the death of Samtavi and Bishop of Kaspi Damian (Khupenia)," - the Patriarchate reports.