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Armenian Patriarch Meets U.S. President On 27 June 2004, Sunday afternoon, President George W. Bush of the United States of America had a meeting with the religious leaders of Turkey. His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, accompanied by the Revd. Fr. Drtad Uzunyan, attended the meeting held at the Hilton Hotel in Istanbul at the U.S. Embassy's invitation. Also present were His Excellency Ali Bardakoglu, Director of the Office of Islamic Religious Affairs in Ankara;