On 11 September, Bishop Robert and the Chaplain-President spent the day in meetings with various European personalities: Dr Vincent Depaigne, who heads the European Commission's Article 17 Dialogue with religious and non-confessional bodies; Metropolitan Athenagoras de Belgique, who co-chairs the Anglican Communion's formal dialogue with the Orthodox Churches; Dr Fearghas O'Beara, who heads the European Parliament's Liaison Office in Dublin, and Ms Anne Sherriff, British Ambassador to Belgium. Many topics of pressing importance to the Anglican Churches and to Europe were discussed.