9 July 2018 Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill at his working residence in Chisty pereulok in Moscow, met with members of the delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople by Metropolitan of Gaul Emmanuel and Smirnski Bartholomew, according to patriarhiei.
The Russian Orthodox Church the meeting was also attended by the Chairman of the Department for external Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the DECR Deputy Chairman Archpriest Nikolai Balashov.
During the meeting they discussed issues related to the conservation issues of inter-Orthodox unity.