According to an announcement released on Friday, Macedonia-Thrace Minister Giorgos Orfanos met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the northeastern Aegean island of Imvros.

The meeting focused on the future of the island which is currently under Turkish jurisdiction and called Gokceada. Among the issues discussed were the return of Greek residents, the opening of a new high school and the restoration work on buildings damaged by an earthquake in May.