Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, centre, leaves the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 13, 2022. (Emrah Gurel / AP)
ATHENS, GREECE --
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated Monday he had examined constructive for COVID-19 and can be self-isolating at dwelling, a day after a visit to Istanbul.
Mitsotakis held talks Sunday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, who is taken into account the religious chief of the world's Orthodox Christians.
Mitsotakis, sporting a masks, stated in a video posted on Instagram that the results of his day by day coronavirus check was constructive on Monday, and he would subsequently be working from dwelling.
Mitsotakis held talks over lunch with Erdogan in Istanbul on Sunday in a uncommon assembly between the leaders of the 2 neighbouring nations. Relations between Greece and Turkey are strained over a sequence of points, together with territorial and vitality exploration rights within the Mediterranean, which led to a naval standoff in mid-2020.
The 2 mentioned bilateral and worldwide relations, in addition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Turkish presidency's communications directorate stated.
Earlier, Mitsotakis had met with the 82-year-old Bartholomew, who relies in Turkey's largest metropolis, and attend a church service there.
Each Erdogan and Bartholomew are totally vaccinated and have beforehand examined constructive for the virus -- Erdogan on Feb. 5 and Bartholomew in December. Erdogan's spouse Emine had additionally contracted the virus and each have since recovered, as has Bartholomew, who had suffered delicate signs on the time.
Greece has seen a complete of greater than 2.6 million confirmed constructive coronavirus instances and greater than 26,500 deaths because the begin of the pandemic. Greater than 7.5 million of the nation's roughly 11 million inhabitants are totally vaccinated.
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