The brand new Pope Leo XIV proposes the Vatican as a platform for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia after it turned clear that the talks in Istanbul wouldn’t result in the specified consequence.
Supply: Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, as quoted by the Italian newspaper La Stampa, European Pravda experiences
Particulars: Parolin known as the end result of the conferences in Istanbul "tragic".
"It's all tragic as a result of we hoped {that a} course of would start, maybe slowly, however with a peaceable decision of the battle. As a substitute, we’re again to sq. one," the Vatican's secretary of state stated on the sidelines of an occasion devoted to the Istanbul summit.
"Now we are going to see what to do, however the state of affairs may be very troublesome, dramatic," Parolin added.
The Pope intends, he stated, "if mandatory, to offer the Vatican, the Holy See, for a direct assembly between the 2 sides".
Background:
- European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen stated that the current actions of Russian chief Vladimir Putin present his unwillingness to make peace, so it’s mandatory to extend sanctions stress on him.
- On Thursday, Trump stated {that a} peaceable settlement of Russia's conflict in opposition to Ukraine can’t happen with no assembly between him and the Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio supported this view, expressing scepticism concerning the
- end result of the Russo-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul on 16 Might.
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