The Pope is ready to visit Ukraine under the condition of a trip to Moscow, - Ambassador

The Pope is ready to come to Ukraine, but there is a condition / photo ua.depositphotos.comPope Francis is ready to visit Ukraine if this trip is combined with a visit to Moscow.

Ambassador of Ukraine to the Holy See Andrii Yurash said this in an interview for “Radio Freedom”.

Yuraš noted that the Ukrainian side constantly reminds of the invitation of Francis to visit Ukraine.

“And just the other day at official and unofficial meetings, we talked about it. The Pope received an invitation to come to Ukraine from all representatives of the Ukrainian political community, starting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, who met here in Rome in 2020 with the Pope and handed him the invitation . And he repeated this invitation in May of last year. Then there were also invitations: from the prime minister and all other official persons. The Pope knows this very well,” the ambassador said.

At the same time, Yuras spoke about the Pope’s vision regarding the visit.

"The Pope has his own vision, he wants, and this is what he officially says, that his possible, potential visit to Kyiv, which he does not refuse, which he wants to realize, he necessarily connects with a visit to Moscow. “Obviously, we understand the unrealistic nature of this position. Moscow does not want to see it. It does not send the same messages of cooperation and cooperation with the Vatican. And even a formal invitation,” Yurash emphasized.

What preceded

As UNIAN reported, Francis recently said that Ukraine should agree to negotiations and have the courage to raise the “white flag”.

At the same time, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC) His Beatitude Sviatoslav said that no one in Ukraine thinks of surrendering.

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