On the first day of the war, the Pope called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and then asked him to tell Putin that he was ready to go to Russia, but there was no answer.
Pope Francis announced that he was ready to go to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but there was no response from the Kremlin to the Vatican’s request. This was reported in an interview with the pontiff in the publication Corriere Della Sera.
The Pope said that on the first day of the war he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and then asked him to tell Putin that he was ready to go to Russia.
“I asked Cardinal Parolin, after twenty days of war, to convey to Putin a message that I was ready to go to Moscow. Of course, the head of the Kremlin needs to be given a lot of windows. We have not yet received a response and continue to do so. insist, although I am afraid that Putin will not hold this meeting at present, “the Pope said.
Earlier it was reported that Pope Francis offered to board people on a Vatican-flagged ship, but Putin said he could not guarantee the safety of such a corridor. It will be recalled that the Marines commander asked the Pope to rescue the residents of Mariupol.
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Source: korrespondent
