Zelensky can meet the Pope on Sunday, but it all depends on the course of negotiations with the Russian Federation

Zelensky, photo: op

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he would probably meet a new Pope in the Roman Lion of XIV on Sunday on May 18, but added that it would depend on the diplomatic development of events in relations with Russia.

Source: Zelensky in an interview with several media, among them Liberation

Direct Language: « Perhaps on Sunday if everything is good. But we don’t know how to end this week. »

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Details: Monday Zelensky talked With the Pope Lion XIV and invited him to visit Ukraine.

« Such a visit would bring true hope to all believers, all our people, » the head of the Ukrainian state said on Monday after meeting the new Pontiff. « It was our first conversation, but it was already very warm and really constructive, » Zelensky said.

Prehistory:

• On May 8, the new Pope elected a 69-year-old American cardinal Robert Francis Pravo, who took the papal name Leo XIV.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greeted on the election of Pope Leo XIV and expressed his hope that the newly elected Pope would support the achievements of a « just peace ».
• On Sunday, May 11, Pope Roman Lion XIV called to the « sincere and long peace » in Ukraine and the immediate termination of hostilities in the Gaza sector while release of hostages.