Zelensky wants to meet with Putin at Vatican mediated by Pope

Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not exclude that the Vatican could become the meeting place with Vladimir Putin, and the Pope at the same time plays the role of mediator between Ukraine and Russia, writes Air force.

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According to sources BBC News Ukraine, the Vatican has previously agreed to help.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin says that no official proposals have yet been received.

Meet at the Vatican

President of Ukraine Zelensky spoke about the option with the Vatican in an interview with the Italian edition of La Repubblica.

According to Zelensky, “the right venue for holding an extremely complex dialogue about peace will contribute to resolving the issue.”

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And when the journalist clarified whether Rome or the Vatican could become such a place, Vladimir Zelensky replied: “Yes, perhaps this could be the optimal place from all points of view. The Vatican is truly an ideal place for dialogue about peace. The Holy See is a global moral authority that always effectively plays the role of a mediator, since it is impartial and inspires the trust of all parties to the conflict.”

He added that “the Pope is by his calling a prophet of peace.”

“In this, the Vatican differs from other global players: it remains an exclusively moral force and always acts in a disinterested manner, without military-political or economic interests. A mediator with such authority can provide the confidence that our attempts to reach an agreement lack,” explained the President of Ukraine.

According to BBC News Ukraine sources in the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak flew to the Vatican on the issue of a possible meeting between Zelensky and Putin, and there they expressed their readiness to help.

The corresponding proposal has already been sent to the Kremlin, but there is no answer yet, the source said.

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What they say in Moscow

Later, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian president had not officially received any proposals on the Vatican.

“Of course, neither the Vatican, if we understand correctly, nor the Russian side officially knows about this yet,” Russian Interfax quotes Peskov.

“We have not yet received any official information that such a proposal has been specified and formulated,” added the press secretary of the Russian president.

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