30 de septiembre de 2016.- Durante el viaje aéreo de Roma hacia Tiflis, al sobrevolar Croacia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria y Turquía, el Santo Padre Francisco ha dirigido a los respectivos jefes de Estado los siguientes mensajes telegráficos:
Croacia
HER EXCELLENCY KOLINDA GRABAR-KITAROVIĆ
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
ZAGREB
AS I ENTER CROATIAN AIRSPACE ON MY WAY TO GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN FOR A PASTORAL VISIT, I EXTEND BEST WISHES TO YOUR EXCELLENCY AND TO ALL YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS. UPON THE NATION I INVOKE ALMIGHTY GOD’S ABUNDANT BLESSINGS.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
HIS EXCELLENCY BAKIR IZETBEGOVIĆ
CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDENCY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SARAJEVO
AS I FLY OVER BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ON MY APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN, I OFFER YOUR EXCELLENCY AND FELLOW CITIZENS MY BEST WISHES. WITH MEMORIES OF MY VISIT TO THE COUNTRY, I WILLINGLY INVOKE UPON YOU THE ABUNDANT BLESSINGS OF THE ALMIGHTY.
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Montenegro
HIS EXCELLENCY FILIP VUJANOVIĆ
PRESIDENT OF MONTENEGRO
PODGORICA
FLYING OVER MONTENEGRO ON THE WAY TO MY PASTORAL VISIT TO GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN, I OFFER CORDIAL GREETINGS TO YOUR EXCELLENCY AND FELLOW CITIZENS. I ASSURE YOU OF MY PRAYERS AND INVOKE UPON THE NATION ABUNDANT DIVINE BLESSINGS.
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Serbia
HIS EXCELLENCY TOMISLAV NIKOLIĆ
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
BELGRADE
UPON ENTERING SERBIAN AIRSPACE ON MY WAY TO GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN FOR A PASTORAL VISIT, I OFFER BEST WISHES TO YOUR EXCELLENCY AND YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS. WITH THE ASSURANCE OF MY PRAYERS, I INVOKE UPON THE NATION ABUNDANT DIVINE BLESSINGS.
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Bulgaria
HIS EXCELLENCY ROSEN PLEVNELIEV
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
SOFIA
AS I FLY OVER BULGARIA ON THE WAY TO MY PASTORAL VISIT TO GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN, I OFFER CORDIAL GREETINGS TO YOUR EXCELLENCY AND YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS. INVOKING DIVINE BLESSINGS UPON YOU ALL, I ASSURE YOU OF MY PRAYERS FOR THE NATION.
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Turquía
HIS EXCELLENCY RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
ANKARA
AS I FLY OVER TURKEY ON THE WAY TO MY PASTORAL VISIT TO GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN, I EXTEND CORDIAL GREETINGS TO YOUR EXCELLENCY AND YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS. WITH MEMORIES OF MY VISIT TO THE COUNTRY, I ASSURE YOU OF MY PRAYERS AND INVOKE UPON YOU ALL ABUNDANT DIVINE BLESSINGS.
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