Zelenski is not sure if it reaches the pope’s funerals

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski is not sure ‘if he will have time’ to go to Pope Francis’s funerals to take place on Saturday in Rome, which will be attended by US President Donald Trump, AFP reports.

« If I have time, I will of course be present, » Zelenski told the press, evoking military meetings to take place on Saturday. « I don’t know how long they will take these, » he added.

Zelenski’s communication counselor, Dmitri Litvin, had stated on Tuesday that the Ukrainian president and the first lady, Olena, will participate in the funeral of the Pontifical Sovereign, according to the Ukrainian press agency.

The same day, Volodimir Zelenski had stated that he was ready to meet his American counterpart, Donald Trump, this week in the Vatican, where both heads of state would participate in Pope Francis’s funerals.

US President Donald Trump did not exclude to meet in Italy on Saturday with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski in the margin of Pope Francis, reports the DPA.

Asked about such a possibility before climbing into a helicopter to take him to the airport on Friday, Trump said: ‘It is possible’. He added that he will meet a series of foreign state and government chiefs in Rome.

Elysee Palace has already announced that President Emmanuel Macron will have no diplomatic meeting in the Pope’s funeral margin, which will take place on Saturday, despite the fact that numerous world leaders will participate in the funeral.