The signing of the declaration highlighted the internal tensions between the Patriarch of Constantinople and the Moscow Patriarchate, on account of whether the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church had a right to be represented in Ravenna, which eventually led the Moscow delegation to walk out of the talks.
Penandatanganan deklarasi ini diwarnai dengan ketegangan internal antara Patriark Konstantinopel dan Patriarkat Moskwa, seputar apakah Gereja Ortodoks Apostolik Estonia mempunyai hak perwakilan di Ravenna, yang akhirnya menyebabkan delegasi Moskwa melakukan walk out dari pembicaraan tersebut.