On Saturday, April 9, 2011, a reception and working luncheon was held in honor of the participants to the First International Archon Religious Freedom Conference, held in mid-November of 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. Many of the participants attending were representatives of religious minorities of Turkey and are officially represented in Ankara by Archon Laki Vingas, who was duly elected to this important government position. Members of the Roman Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Muslim Alevi, Syriac (Aramean) religious communities were present.