President Ivanov in Istanbul met with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the First. After the meeting, President Ivanov said that the Patriarch was interested in the situation in Macedonia, and we well informed about the relations in the region. President Ivanov presented Bartholomew with an invitation to visit Ohrid for the Second World Conference on Inter-Religious Dialogue. President Ivanov gave His Holiness a book containing the messages from over 250 participants that were present at the First Inter-Religious Conference.